Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.
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I wish I had never been born," she said. "What are we born for?" "For infinite happiness," said the Spirit. "You can step out into it at any moment...

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There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.

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The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal.

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It is a very funny thing that the sleepier you are, the longer you take about getting to bed.

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The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.

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In God there is no hunger that needs to be filled, only plenteousness that desires to give.

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Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.

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If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it.

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The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God's love for us does not.

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I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia.

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Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.

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Do you not know how bashful friendship is? Friends - comrades - do not look at each other. Friendship would be ashamed...

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Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too?

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The typical expression of opening Friendship would be something like, 'What? You too? I thought I was the only one!

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People who bore one another should meet seldom; people who interest one another, often.

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