“Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer.”

“Gilbert was friendly—very friendly—far too friendly…. But Anne no longer found it satisfying. The rose of love made the blossom of friendship pale and scentless by contrast.”

“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.”

“Love changes everything. Days are longer, words mean more. Love changes everything. Pain is deeper than before. Love can turn your world around, and that world will last forever.”

“Nothing is more tragic than loving someone to the depths of your soul and knowing they cannot and will not ever love you back.”

“Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.”

“If we judge love by the majority of its results, it resembles hatred more than friendship.”

“In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.”

“A lie is more comfortable than doubt, more useful than love, more lasting than truth.”

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