In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, for in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
– Khalil Gibran
Tag: friendship
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.
– Tennessee Williams
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
– Friedrich Nietzsche
Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.
– Oscar Wilde
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
– Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin (Vol. 1: 1931-1934)
Time has come for you, to take you away
From this stage where my life enacts itself.
I suppose it is time for me to face my past,
Something which I was so eager to block out.
You, a diversion snatched up in desperation,
But a friendship discovered unexpectedly.
Thank you, dear friend, for that lifeline
That you unknowingly held out to me,
Waking me from the delusion I had led myself into.
Now I remember the me that was before,
What would have been had I gone down the other path.
Thank you, dear friend, for opening my eyes
You have helped me regain that confidence lost,
Pushing me back on track, back into gear.
You have left those precious footprints in my life,
That I shall cherish, for the memories will be sufficient.
Take care, dear friend, and though I might never see you again,
You shall always be remembered and dear to me.
© Sharon Kaur-Schuelke
…but, friend, to me
He is all fault who hath no fault at all:
For who loves me must have a touch of earth.
– Alfred Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King, “Elaine”
Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steel,
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new-hatched, unfledged comrade.
– William Shakespeare, Hamlet (Act 1, Scene 3)
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
– Martin Luther King Junior (1968 speech, where he reflects on the Civil Rights Movement)
A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
– Arabian Proverb
If we never meet again,
If today is indeed farewell,
Know that you have touched
My life in a special way.
Every once in a while, we need someone
To free us from self-imposed imprisonment.
Thank you, dear friend, for you have touched
That cord and roused me from sleep.
If today is indeed farewell,
Be safe then, dear friend.
And may the waves deliver you
Unto the shores of your desires.
© Sharon Kaur-Schuelke
Memories of you and me
Reflecting on the waters of my mind,
These pure, white snowflakes
Spread such warmth through me.
The fun and laughter of days passed
The beauty of our youth, now in it’s prime
These will never return
But you will always be here.
In my heart, as I live
In the warmth of my pure landscape
Of memories of us.
© Sharon Kaur-Schuelke
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