„The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?“

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— Henry David Thoreau

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US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Philosoph (1817-1862) 1817 - 1862

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„The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.“

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— Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist 1817 - 1862

„It was because of this guy I had gone out with and had been really, really close with. I really loved him. I felt that he was my best friend. But he was a teenaged guy, and they don't think a lot of times. He mistreated me and then he came back. I couldn't even be friends with him for awhile. I cared about him, but it was just a situation where he kept trying to be friends with me, but I knew that he just wanted to be friends with me so he could have the option of making a move on me whenever he wanted to. And because I was so infatuated with him, and even in love with him, I was always available for that. It made me feel weak every time I would fall for that. And I would look forward to him making a move on me, but I knew that it was wrong. I knew that he was playing with me. And after awhile, I didn't even care anymore because I wanted him so much.“

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— Fiona Apple singer-songwriter, musician 1977

On Shadowboxer from Tidal,
from Nuvo, "Fiona Apple: The NUVO Interview" April [1997]

„For a space he faltered, when Goltan fell with a spear through him. “Now I am one friend poorer,” he said, “and that is a wealth not gained back.”“

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— Poul Anderson, buch The Broken Sword

Quelle: The Broken Sword (1954), Chapter 10 (p. 65)

„He isn't insane, he's simply as trapped in his life as I am in mine. That makes us friends.“

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— Orson Scott Card American science fiction novelist 1951

Homecoming saga, Earthborn (1995)

„My friend is going to save a little girl from monsters. I am going with him. That's what friends do.“

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— Jim Butcher, buch Changes

Quelle: Changes

„"Why do I love him so much, mamma? Why do I feel so sorry for him?" she went on in a quivering voice, and her eyes glistened with tears. "Who is he? What is he like? As light as a little feather, as a little crumb, but I love him; I love him like a real person. Here he can do nothing, he can't talk, and yet I know what he wants with his little eyes."“

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— Anton Chekhov, buch In the Ravine

Quelle: In the Ravine (1900), Ch. 6, pp. 216

„I am devastated at the loss of one of my very dearest friends. Adam and I had a special friendship for more than 50 years. We shared some of the most fun times of our lives together; our families have deep love and respect for each other. This is a terribly unexpected loss of my lifelong friend, I will forever miss him. There are several fine actors who have portrayed Batman in films, in my eyes there was only one real Batman and that is and always will be Adam West; He was truly the Bright Knight.“

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— Adam West American actor 1928 - 2017

Burt Ward, Hollywood Reacts to Adam West's Death http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/hollywood-reacts-adam-wests-death-a-sweet-nutty-guy-1012217 (June 10, 2017)

„I love him wholly and unconditionally and without reservation. I love him enough to sacrifice a friendship. I love him enough to accept my own happiness and use it, in turn, to make him happy back.“

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— Emily Giffin, Something Borrowed

Quelle: Something Borrowed

„David Alton: I do not know where the hon. Gentleman gets his facts from. If it is from one of his friends on the national executive committee of the Labour Party, I suspect that the information is probably as spurious and ridiculous as most of the other things said in that body. I can assure him that what he said is certainly not the case, and I hope that he will withdraw that comment immediately.“

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— Dennis Skinner British politician 1932

1980s

„I used to climb mountains in snow and ice, hanging onto the sides of great rocks. I was describing one of my adventures to an older friend once, and when I had finished he asked me, "Why do you want to kill yourself?" I protested. I told him that the rewards I wanted were of sight, of pleasure, of the thrill of pitting my body and my skills against nature. My friend replied, "When you are as old as I am you will see that you are trying to kill yourself."“

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— Heinz R. Pagels American physicist 1939 - 1988

Quelle: The Cosmic Code (1982), p. 312

„I'm giving him something he can feel.
Oh, ho, to let him know my love is real.Hey, hey, hey…I'm giving him something he can feel.
Yes, I am, babe
To let you know my love is real.“

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— Curtis Mayfield American singer, songwriter, and record producer 1942 - 1999

Something He Can Feel.
Song lyrics

„My earliest memories of my father are of seeing him work at his desk and realizing that he was happy. I did not know it then, but that was one of the most precious gifts a father can give his child.“

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— Malcolm Gladwell journalist and science writer 1963

Quelle: Outliers: The Story of Success

„Everybody, my friend, everybody lives for something better to come. That's why we want respect for every man — who knows what's in him, why he was born and what he can do?“

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— Maxim Gorky, Nachtasyl

The Lower Depths (1902)

„I regard the Honourable member for Randburg as a friend. I regard him as a person who has done tremendous work as treasurer of the United Party on the Witswatersrand branch. The test of friendship comes in what you do as a man in adversity. I want to say, and I make so secret of it, that I am my brother's keeper and I will not be his executioner.“

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— Harry Schwarz South African activist 1924 - 2010

An extract from Schwarz's "Brother's Keeper" speech to parliament where Schwarz was expelled from the United Party after declaring support for Dick Enthoven MP and his anti-apartheid policies. (10 February 1975).
Parliament (1974-1991)