“Friendship is a strange animal. It only thrives in voluntary enjoyment of each other's company, in the pleasure of nonobligatory connection. I repeat: You owe me nothing.”

—  Kate Christensen

Source: The Astral

Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Friendship is a strange animal. It only thrives in voluntary enjoyment of each other's company, in the pleasure of nono…" by Kate Christensen?
Kate Christensen photo
Kate Christensen 1
American novelist 1962

Related quotes

Ani DiFranco photo

“Because the world owes me nothing
And we owe each other the world.”

Ani DiFranco (1970) musician and activist

Joyful Girl
Song lyrics

Henry Van Dyke photo

“For real company and friendship, there is nothing outside of the animal kingdom that is comparable to a river.”

Henry Van Dyke (1852–1933) American diplomat

Little Rivers
Little Rivers http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext98/ltrvs10.txt (1895)

Ani DiFranco photo

“i do it for the joy it brings
because i'm a joyful girl
because the world owes me nothing
and we owe each other the world”

Ani DiFranco (1970) musician and activist
Anne Brontë photo

“"I shall expect my husband to have no pleasures but what he shares with me; and if his greatest pleasure of all is not the enjoyment of my company — why — it will be the worse for him — that's all."
"If such are your expectations of matrimony, Esther, you must, indeed, be careful whom you marry — or rather, you must avoid it altogether."”

Anne Brontë book The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XLI : Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast; Helen and Esther

Frederick William Robertson photo

“Nothing satisfies God but the voluntary sacrifice of love. The pain of Christ gave God no pleasure — only the love that was tested by pain — the love of perfect obedience.”

Frederick William Robertson (1816–1853) British writer and theologian

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 401.

“You have nothing and you would give me a world. I owe you a world.”

Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet

No tienes nada y me darías un mundo. Te debo un mundo.
Voces (1943)

Tanith Lee photo

“I know the old ways. There’s nothing evil there, only strange, and not even strange when you know it.”

Tanith Lee (1947–2015) British writer

Source: Short fiction, Companions on the Road (1975), Chapter 9, “The Dark” (p. 98)

“When two people respect each other, the ability to be vulnerable and to reveal hurt feelings can create a powerful emotional connection that is the source of real intimacy and friendship.”

David D. Burns (1942) American psychiatrist

“History repeats itself: historians repeat each other.”

Philip Guedalla (1889–1944) British historical writer

" Some Historians http://books.google.com/books?id=E0luAAAAMAAJ&q=%22History+repeats+itself+historians+repeat+each+other%22&pg=PA20#v=onepage," Supers & Supermen: Studies in Politics, History and Letters (1920)

“You owe the companies nothing. You especially don't owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don't even start asking for theirs.”

Banksy pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, and painter

taken from 'Brandalism' in the book 'Cut It Out' (inspired from Sean Tejaratchi's piece in Crap Hound No.6, July 1999.) Source http://readingfrenzy.com/ledger/2012/03/taking_the_piss_conclusion
Other sources
Source: Wall and Piece
Context: People are taking the piss out of you every day. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you. You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity. Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head. You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don't owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don't even start asking for theirs.

Related topics