“If you want to keep a friend, never test him.”

“But you must give him some sign, some sign that you love him... or he'll never be a man. All his life he'll feel guilty and alone unless you release him.”

“Do you believe that a man in need can call soundlessly to another?""Perhaps, my lord. It has happened to me that thinking of a friend and meeting him are connected. But does thinking draw him or his coming draw the thought?”

“Hard-covered books break up friendships. You loan a hard covered book to a friend and when he doesn’t return it you get mad at him. It makes you mean and petty. But twenty-five cent books are different.”

“What do I want in a doctor? Perhaps more than anything else—a friend with special knowledge.”

“We must find him...Some harm will fall upon our friend in his craziness. We must search through the whole world until we find him.”

“Luck, you see, brings bitter friends.”