“Blurring the line between friendship and attraction was a surefire to lose a friend.”

“There is a thin line between attraction and repulsion”

Candace Bushnell (1958) American author

“The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship.”

Mao Zedong (1893–1976) Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

“Without me all the lines of reality will blur.”

Ed Harcourt (1977) British musician

“A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.”

Francis de Sales (1567–1622) French bishop, saint, writer and Doctor of the Church j

“That somehow dreams are a blurred line between here and there, like a meeting room in a prison. You’re both in the same room, yet on different sides and really, in different worlds.”

Cecelia Ahern (1981) Irish novelist

“My attraction had been immediate and profound. And it had nothing to do with the way he looked. My attraction was to what resided between his lines.”

Augusten Burroughs book You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas

“If more people recognized the difference between friendship and mere attraction, and how love must partake of both to prosper, I expect there'd be more happy people.”

Sherwood Smith book Crown Duel

“We always lose the friendship of those who lose our esteem.”

Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist

“There are lots of women who are attracted to tyrannical men. Like moths to a flame. And there are some women who do not need a hero or even a stormy lover but a friend. Just remember that when you grow up. Steer clear of the tryant lovers, and try to locate the ones who are looking for a man as a friend, not because they are feeling empty themselves but because they enjoy making you full too. And remember that friendship between a woman and a man is something much more precious and rare than love: love is actually something quite gross and even clumsy compared to friendship. Friendship includes a measure of sensitivity, attentiveness, generosity, and a finely tuned sense of moderation.”

Amos Oz book A Tale of Love and Darkness