Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.
Of all things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.
One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.
To Mom, Dad, Craig and all of my special friends: Thank-you for loving me and always making me feel good about myself.
In the end all books are written for your friends. The problem after writing One Hundred Years of Solitude was that now I no longer know whom of the millions of readers I am writing for; this upsets and inhibits me. It's like a million eyes are looking at you and you don't really know what they think.