“A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.”
Len Wein (1948–2017) American comic book writer and editor
Quoted in "1001 Affirmations" - by Herbert P. Windschitl - Poetry - 2003
“It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both.”
— E. B. White, book Charlotte's Web
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