“It started as a friendship that grew into something more.”

“A friendship that can be ended / didn't ever start”

Mellin de Saint-Gelais (1495–1558) French poet

“Friendship is something in the soul. It is a thing one feels. It is not a return for something.”

Graham Greene book The Heart of the Matter

“Friendship is a simple thing, and yet complicated; friendship is on the surface, something natural, something taken for granted, and yet underneath one could find worlds.”

Jamaica Kincaid (1949) Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer

“Love, then, hath every bliss in store;
'Tis friendship, and 'tis something more.
Each other every wish they give;
Not to know love is not to live.”

John Gay (1685–1732) English poet and playwright

“Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family.- Don Corleone”

Mario Puzo The Godfather

“Friendship… is not something you learn in school, but if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship you really haven't learned anything.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

“In my childhood I led the life of a sage, when I grew up I started climbing trees”

Philip Roth book The Ghost Writer

“This is a classic story of the friendship between humans and cats. Yes. I got in a lie right from the start!”

Hiro Mashima (1977) Japanese manga artist

“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.”

Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) African American boxer, philanthropist and activist