Friendship is the perfection of love, and superior to love; it is love purified, exalted, proved by experience and a consent of minds. Love, Madam, may, and love does, often stop short of friendship.
On this earth, though far and near, without love, there's only fear.
The very best relationship has a gardener and a flower. The gardener nurtures and the flower blooms.
Friendship: A ship big enough for two in fair weather, but only one in foul.
The notion of this 'emergency contact' is, Do you have someone who is holding you down? Do you know where to go if you're feeling bad? I keep likening it to assigning yourself a godparent of your choosing.
Friendship is a relationship, friendliness is a state of your being. You are simply friendly; to whom, that is not the point. . .
When you love someone deeply, you know secrets they haven't told you yet. Or secrets they aren't even aware of themselves. ... She was also the person I wanted to share the trivia of my life with, because that too is part of the magic of concern: Whatever you live is important to them and they will help you through it.
I am a woman of heart and mind, looking for affection and respect, a little passion.
My wife, Barbara, is great. She arranges when I do work that I have a day off between performances.
Friendship, as has been said, consists in a full commitment of the will to another person with a view to that person's good.
Love is not simply a feeling of romantic excitement; it is more than a desire to marry a potential partner; it goes beyond intense sexual attraction; it exceeds the thrill at having "captured" a highly desirable social prize. Real love is an expression of the deepest appreciation for another human being; it is awareness of his or her needs and longings- past, present and future. It is unselfish, giving and caring.
Love does not exist. There exists the physical need for intercourse, and the rational need for a mate in life
I feel so lucky that I met the love of my life. You know somebody's in it to win it when...you're having a seizure and they're holding you.
I deserve a mom.
Love wasn't a thing you fell in, but rose to. It was what stopped you from falling.
Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.
I was lucky to have parents who loved me.
You do get fond of your characters. Handing them on is like giving a child to a nanny.
Love is the life of friendship.
But I've married a deeply sensible person who is extremely good at talking me down from my various ledges, and who takes care of me in a billion ways.
What is love except another name for the use of positive reinforcement? Or vice versa.
There was no demonstration of love I could read as a little boy.
The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?
In an industry that's uncertain and when you're in a lot of situations that are anxiety-causing, to have someone there who has your back unconditionally and cares for you and the material and would give anything to make sure everything is OK, makes you feel so much better. It gives you a sense of security as an artist.
A friend is a second self.
