“Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.”
Herman Melville (1818–1891) American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet
“The process of falling in love at first sight is as final as it is swift in such a case, but the growth of true friendship may be a lifelong affair.”
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