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I don't think there is any feeling I like more than the one that someone is glad to see me. —Connor Kane
Talk was like the vitamins of our friendship: Large daily doses kept it healthy.
Silence does for thinking what a suspension bridge does for space -- it makes connections.
I'm not sure that love and like aren't like cats and dogs: One can't grow up to be the other, but they can be taught to live under the same roof.
Because way down deep they know that civilized people have to preserve rare birds.
Branwell told a cruel lie in silence.
She thanked me again and then said, ''Some people say 'God is in the details.' Others say it's the Devil.'' Margaret replied, 'Maybe it depends on who's reporting the details.
A good lawyer never asks a witness a question she doesn't know the answer to.' 'But, Margaret, I'm not trying to be a good lawyer. I'm trying to be a good friend.
But no one was prouder of me or happier for me than Branwell, and I think he would not have been prouder or happier if he had won himself. And I don't know anyone anywhere who has a friend like that.
I am truly anxious to get on with my life.
Friendship depends on interlocking time, place, and state of mind.

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