“Oh, call it by some better name,
For friendship sounds too cold.”

“Sy Safransky: “Didn’t taking the name “Adyashanti” reinforce a certain sense that you are an enlightened holy man?”
Adyashanti: “Oh, absolutely it did. It’s sort of a ridiculous-sounding Eastern name. (…) I always tell people to call me “Adya,” and leave the “shanti” part off.””

“Oh, no no no, it was too cold always
(Still the dead one lay moaning)
I was much too far out all my life
And not waving but drowning.”

“I was really proud that I was named after Thomas Edison and wanted to be called Edson. I thought Pele sounded horrible. It was a rubbish name. Edson sounded so much more serious and important.”

“Oh the long and dreary Winter!
Oh the cold and cruel Winter!”

“If I speak to thee in friendship's name,
Thou think'st I speak too coldly;
If I mention love's devoted flame,
Thou say'st I speak too boldly.”

“Reader, nothing is sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name. Nothing.”

“A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship”

“Love will enter cloaked in friendship's name.”

“The friendship of one wise man is better than the friendship of a host of fools.”