“Let the wealth of remembrances past be the link of friendship treasured.”

“It has been said that a friend is somebody with whom it is possible to be silent.”

“Leadership, he was discovering, had its ups and downs—kind of like the bowsprit on a swelling sea.”

“...it would be nice if something I wanted came to me, on its own. I'm tired of chasing the things I'm supposed to want.”

“For Aristotle, friendship in its highest form has a political or civic dimension. We love our friends not just because we like each other or are useful to each other, but because we share the same values and ideals for our society, and come together to advance those ideals.”

“It is in the dark times that the light of friendship shines brightest.”

“We blow the past a kiss, our last blush of artifice as performers before this Future we’re flirting with becomes terribly and totally Real. And we then begin to occupy reality.”