“No, she laughed." How on earth could that be done? If you try to laugh and say ‘No’ at the same time, it sounds like neighing — yet people are perpetually doing it in novels. If they did it in real life they would be locked up.”
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“A friend is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.”
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“Nobody likes being alone that much. I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. It just leads to disappointment. ”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.”
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“Friendship is an obstetric art; it draws out our richest and deepest resources; it unfolds the wings of our dreams and hidden indeterminate thoughts; it serves as a check on our judgements, tries out our new ideas, keeps up our ardor, and inflames our enthusiasm.”
― The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods
― The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods
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