Lord Byron Quotes

I have a lot of male friends.

I have a great pack of female friends, but I also have a lot of guy friends. I believe that platonic relationship is entirely possible.

I would love to have seen a male-female relationship that had nothing to do with falling in love, I'd love to prove, even on TV - even if it's not true! - that men and women can be friends without any kind of involvement.

I have really good female friends. I've never bought the whole men-and-women-can't-be-friends thing. I think that's sort of nonsense.

Guys and girls can be friends without having to date!

Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and friendship between man and woman is impossible because there must be sexual intercourse.

Women are quite able to make friends with a man; but to preserve such a friendship - that no doubt requires the assistance of a slight physical antipathy

No man can be friends with a woman he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her. Sex is always out there. Friendship is ultimately doomed and that is the end of the story.

I tend to have a lot of guy friends.

I have always detested the belief that sex is the chief bond between man and woman. Friendship is far more human.

I did go through this period where girls would be mean and I had a lot of guy friends. But I've found as an adult the importance of having female and male friends.

I was always friends with a lot of guys, maybe because their girlfriends were girly-girls, and they felt safe with me.

I do believe men and women can share healthy, long-lasting platonic relationships.

I wanted to show platonic friendship between men and women, because I think it is underutilised in fiction.

A woman's friendship borders more closely on love than man's. Men affect each other in the reflection of noble or friendly acts; whilst women ask fewer proofs and more signs and expressions of attachment.

Boys and girls can be friends. It's not weird. They're a person and they can be your best friend in the whole world.

I cannot concentrate all my friendship on any single one of my friends because no one is complete enough in himself.

Friendship can exist between persons of different sexes, without any coarse or sensual feelings; yet a woman always looks upon a man as a man, and so a man will look upon a woman as a woman.

Perhaps what makes friendship and love exciting is the continuing discovery of another personality.

Basically I have, like, five really close friends - girls and guys. I like being friends with both because you can do different things with both.

The dividing line [between friends and acquaintances] is communication, I think. A friend is someone to whom you can say any jackass thing that enters your mind. With acquaintances, you are forever aware of their slightly unreal image of you, and to keep them content, you edit yourself to fit. Many marriages are between acquaintances. You can be with a person for three hours of your life and have a friend. Another will remain an acquaintance for thirty years.

Aren't I enough for you?' she asked. 'No,' he said. 'You are enough for me, as far as a woman is concerned. You are all women to me. But I wanted a man friend, as eternal as you and I are eternal.' (Women in Love)

Friends are the thermometer by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes.

It’s scary to realize that the only thing holding our friends to us isn’t our performance, or our lovability, or their guilt, or their obligation. The only thing that will keep them calling, spending time with us, and putting up with us is love. And that’s the one thing we can’t control.

Sex to save the friendship? Well if we have to we have to.