“Ought we to smile / Perhaps make friends? No: in the race for seats / You're best alone. Friendship is not worth while.”

“Friendship is greater than the colonial and dominating race ideologies of hundreds of years." -"Some of My Best Friends”

“I think we ought to do all we can to make these creatures friendly. It might turn out to be well worth the trouble.”

“The best words I ever heard about making your own reputation," Gram said, looking over her shoulder into the back seat, "is that you come into the world crying while everyone is smiling at the miracle of you, and you should live your life so when you leave it, you're smiling, but everyone else is crying because the miracle of you is gone.”

“Friendship is one friend betraying another friend to a third friend. With a fond friendly smile. The greater the betrayal, the greater the intimacy - the greater the friendship.”

“You're weird," Nick grumbled, but he turned his face back to critically examine the new hand."You're weird," Jamie returned. "As soon as this whole magical war is over, I'm going to make us some friendship bracelets, and we will wear them everywhere because we are best friends.""Drop dead," said Nick, and Jamie looked serenely pleased.”