Dynamic Friendship Evolution

Table of Contents

• Foundations of Friendship
• Challenges in Friendship
• Friendship and Love
• Support and Loyalty
• Friendship's Evolution
• Friendship's Endings
• Friendship's Complexity
• Building and Maintaining Friendship
• Friendship's Unique Nature
• Other

Foundations of Friendship

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

What's friendship's realest measure?I'll tell you. The amount of precious time you'll squander on someone else's calamities and fuck-ups.

Friendship isn't a science mudboy. Just do what you think is right.

When you are impatient with a relationship, your actions can be read as pushy or needy - not exactly likable qualities. Truly lasting friendships are rarely instantaneous. Give them time and room to grow.

If it takes years to build a friendship, then every other relationship should be called 'a quickie.

If you ever get another friendWho cares the way I doI hope you are wise enough to knowThat you have to work at friendship too

After all, you can't force a friendship.

Friendship is ageless. It is the spirit we should like and care for, not the shell that encases it.

Friendship makes the impossible possible!

Contacts doesn't equal connection. Having someone's contact number doesn't mean you have a relationship with the person. You must take time to court that friendship. Build Trust!

Friendship is a difficult, dangerous job. It is also (though we rarely admit it) extremely exhausting.

Friendship takes time.

Challenges in Friendship

This is the real way a friendship ends. Not with some huge screaming row, but with a gradual withdrawal. You’d think it would be less painful this way.

Maybe I'm just sick of putting more into this friendship than I get out of it.

It’s sad to no longer feel wanted in friendship. But it’s life. Move on.

It’s hard to care for a person when you know that one more step forward will make you fall in love and one step back ruins your friendship.

Never believe a friend who offered you his friendship just because he was getting bored.

I am sorry that our friendship, or whatever name one may give to the obsessive relationship which has bound us together for so many years, should end in this way. This is not the place to utter its elegy.

There's no room for me in your world;It's time I stopped pretending.But nothing hurts me moreThan a friendship when it's ending.

When taken for granted remember there are thousands out there that will value and cherish your friendship and effort-Just move on

A broken friendship is like a broken mirror, it's better to leave it than hurtning yourself picking up the pieces.

Don't let it bother you if someone turns down the friendship you've offered them.Many people are too stupid to want something worthwhile anyway.

We can't feel the lose of a friend until they are apart from us.

What happened to our friendship? I really think it's our obligation as friends to be brutally honest and be frank with them and say, 'Look, I'm sorry, but your baby is fking boring.'

The only danger in Friendship is that it will end.

Friendship and Love

Sweetheart, let’s go back to being just good friends. This ‘part-time lovers’ thing will damage it all and leave behind a loud silence between us.

You are fucked up...And still we are friends!?

It’s hard to care for a person when you know that one more step forward will make you fall in love and one step back ruins your friendship.

When you date someone, you have the markers along the way, right: You kiss, you have The Talk, you say the Three Little Words, you sit on a swing set and break up. You can plot the points on a graph. And you check up with each other along the way: Can I do this? If I say this, will you say it back?"But with friendship, there's nothing like that. Being in a relationship, that's something you choose. Being friends, that's just something you are.

I don't want to ruin our friendship and what we have but I cannot for another minute stand in front of you without you knowing exactly how I feel. Because I can't see past you. You are everything to me.

If we're friends with someone and attracted to them, we're going to want to take it further.

If you have a solid friendship before dating, there's this understanding that you can be just youBut you should still have fun hooking up!

We're just really, really close friends. If the situation were different we probably would be together, but we're just friends, and that's how we like to keep it right now. Hopefully things will turn out the best they can.

We've made mistakes, But we've made good friends too. Remember all the nights we spent with them? And all our plans, Who says they can't come true? Tonight's another chance to start again. It's just another New Year's Eve, Another night like all the rest.

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

When you're working with friends, unless the material is right, our friendship could end.

Because he has not only your friendship, but your love, too. All that’s left is to give him your trust.

Support and Loyalty

Maybe friendship is being the guardian of another person's hope. Leave it with me and I'll look after it for a while , if it feels too heavy for now.

We watch her walk into the spotlight she’s been been hiding from most of her life. Sure, friendship is all about believing in someone so hard they believe it, too. Sure, it’s about trust. But if anyone hurts her tonight, it’s about ripping them apart with my bare hands and really enjoying it.

Actually, I think it's the opposite. We know each other so well there isn't anything left to say. Sometimes it's nice just sitting here with you all, thinking. It's only best friends who can be comfortable with silence, wouldn't you say?

True friendship is the hardest thing to break...

Don't underestimate the power of friendship. Those bonds are tight stitches that close up the holes you might otherwise fall through.

Friendship is not just about having fun, it’s about supporting each other in time of weakness.

There is more friendship ahead after we tell each other the truth.

Nothing is more important than our friendship.

In friendship your heart is like a bell struck every time your friend is in trouble.

The mark of Friendship is not that help will be given when the pinch comes (of course it will) but that, having been given, it makes no difference at all.

We've been friends for 28 or 29 years and we have always been there for each other no matter what. Thick or thin.

We're not fair-weathered friends. We will be with you to the end.

Friendship never forgets. That is the wonderful thing about it.

Friendship's Evolution

There are times when friendship feels like running down a hill together as fast as you can, jumping over things, spinning around, and you don't care where you're going, and you don't care where you've come from, because all that matters is speed, and the hands holding your hands.

You and I have been friends long enough to know how to treat each other . . . I'm leaving for college. I think I've outgrown the rules.

We have formed a sick little friendship over the past year

I won’t do anything Sara; this is not me trying to get into your pants, or to rekindle what we had. This is just me concerned over a friend I know for a long time and don’t want to lose to a crazed lunatic.

There is no limit of what you can or don't do! as the word itself gives you the strength to survive called friendship..

Hard habit to break, friendship.

My friendship with the Hitch has always been perfectly cloudless. It is a love whose month is ever May,

The word friends doesn't seem to stretch big enough to describe how we feel about each other. We forget where one of us starts and the other one stops.

I've got some great guy friends. They can start out as crushes. But when you realize something isn't going to happen, you make a choice whether or not the friendship is worth it. And it usually is. Then you can laugh about the fact that you used to have a crush on him or he had one on you.

Time is the most extraordinary gift for friendship. You'll get to eat your meals together and study together; in some cases you'll even sleep in the same room. You'll have time to waste on each other. You'll find out every single thing you have in common and still have time to catalogue all of your differences. Don't underestimate the vital necessity of friendship in your life because it is the thing that will sustain you later, when there will be considerably less time.

We've been friends for 28 or 29 years and we have always been there for each other no matter what. Thick or thin.

You have to be great friends and make each other laugh. We laugh a lot and neither is jealous of the other.

The word friends doesn’t seem to stretch big enough to describe how we feel about each other. We forget where one of us starts and the other one stops.

Friendship's Endings

This is the real way a friendship ends. Not with some huge screaming row, but with a gradual withdrawal. You’d think it would be less painful this way.

Sweetheart, let’s go back to being just good friends. This ‘part-time lovers’ thing will damage it all and leave behind a loud silence between us.

One day we both are going to realize that our Friendship was worth the fight.

I am sorry that our friendship, or whatever name one may give to the obsessive relationship which has bound us together for so many years, should end in this way. This is not the place to utter its elegy.

There's no room for me in your world;It's time I stopped pretending.But nothing hurts me moreThan a friendship when it's ending.

A broken friendship is like a broken mirror, it's better to leave it than hurtning yourself picking up the pieces.

Don't let it bother you if someone turns down the friendship you've offered them.Many people are too stupid to want something worthwhile anyway.

We can't feel the lose of a friend until they are apart from us.

Whenever someone says the words 'Our friendship is more important than this,' watch out, because it almost never is.

Too much, too little, too late, to ever try again. Too much, too little, too late, let's end it being friends.

The only danger in Friendship is that it will end.

When you're working with friends, unless the material is right, our friendship could end.

Our convesation is awkward, as though our friendship is another skill that I remember but can’t use anymore.

Friendship's Complexity

That's the problem with a three-way friendship. When one of us is missing, it's hard to talk about anything important.

Do not fear the loss of a friendship.Anyone who is willing to end a relationship because of a reasoned difference of opinion is not worthy of your friendship.

You will know a friendship is not natural when you don't feel relaxed with

Friendship is like a flower. It needs daily love and care to blossom. If you forget to give it water, the flower dies. It’s as simple as that! Teddy

All your long years we have been friends. Trust me as you once did, let it go

I've said consistently, the advice I give to Donald is to Donald [Trump]. And that's based upon our friendship over the last 14 years and the way I would expect to.

But just as delicate fare does not stop you from craving for saveloys, so tried and exquisite friendship does not take away your taste for something new and dubious.

I know you guys have some sort of weird thing going on, with that game you play and everything—" "It's called a friendship.

Sex is the quickest way to ruin a friendship.

Your friendship with her-it sleeps with the fishes.

We don't have time for plain friendships, to go out or have fun. The shroud comes first.

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.

Though friendship is not quick to burn it is explosive stuff.

Building and Maintaining Friendship

She always says I'm the best friend that she's ever had... how do you hang up on someone who needs you that bad? ~From 'Laura' on The Nylon Curtain

You need to just let go of some relationships.Look beyond the *physical*No one can take u up or bring u down without your consent.Don't always be at the receiving or giving end. True friendship is symbiotic.

Time is a constant friend, let me treat it well.

You’ve only been engaged three hours. How in the world does this keep happening to you? Normal people don’t have bodies popping up in their lives like this except for that Jessica Fletcher woman in Cabot Cove. I can’t understand why anyone in their right mind would want to be her friend. They all wind up dead, and now you’re getting to be the same way.

Losing your friendship hurt, losing your job hurt, the only thing losing doesn't hurt is weight. Losing weight is a blessing.

When you date someone, you have the markers along the way, right: You kiss, you have The Talk, you say the Three Little Words, you sit on a swing set and break up. You can plot the points on a graph. And you check up with each other along the way: Can I do this? If I say this, will you say it back? But with friendship, there’s nothing like that. Being in a relationship, that’s something you choose. Being friends, that’s just something you are.

Sometimes people walk into plays by accident - they don't even know what they're looking at; they just think to give it a chance. That can be the beginning of a long friendship.

One of the guarantees is that we're going to have fun, we're going to have a good time, because we're friends. We started out being friends because we had so much in common, and now it's come full circle. All the lines are blurred.

We're friends first, and I think that's what makes it work.

Remember that no time is ever wasted that makes two people better friends.

Friendship is so weird. You just pick a human you've met and you're like, 'Yep, I like this one,' and you just do stuff with them.

The secret to a really great friendship is just creating fun memories whenever you're with that person.

Friendship is a precious thing, Sayuri. One mustn’t throw it away.

Friendship's Unique Nature

Friendship is a door you will never need to knot on as you will always have a key.

...friendship is something you do.

Our convesation is awkward, as though our friendship is another skill that I remember but can't use anymore.

Its a good thing I'm here, big guy, because you have shit taste in friends."Okay, I said the last part intentionally, knowing how Aaron would react. And right on cue, Aaron said:"He's not my friend!""Well, I guess that settles it, Nick. You're not going to be rebound guy because, despite your predictions of woe, Aaron and I aren't breaking up. I'd say that we'll see you around, but I doubt that'll happen since you don't even rate friend status.

Your friendship with her-it sleeps with the fishes.

We avoided it. We'll put our friendship aside tomorrow and duke it out.

We're very good friends. But essentially I learned a long time ago, you need to do things your way. If it happens, so be it. If it doesn't, they'll probably bring in another guy.

He'll be trying to rip our face off. All the friendship, all the love will be going out the window for those two hours.

Friendship isn't about who you've known the longest. It's all about the friend who comes and stands by your side in bad times.

I know you have much to bear with in me, and I really do sometimes in you, but I have never looked at friendship in a deep sense as easy or entirely comfortable.

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

She and I are personal friends, but as it relates to the game itself, she can see like I can see. She can tell what our strengths and weaknesses are just like I can with them, but I'm not necessarily worried about that. We just have to go out and play.

Actually, I think it’s the opposite. We know each other so well there isn’t anything left to say. Sometimes it’s nice just sitting here with you all, thinking. It’s only best friends who can be comfortable with silence, wouldn’t you say?

Other

Friendship is a precious thing, Sayuri. One mustn't throw it away.

If your heart tends to force friends to do as you say,seed of discord is being planted in your relationship.

If you don't know that friendship implies give and take, then you're not worthy to be called my friend.

Withdraw from talking about leaving someone behind. Just rekindle the friendship and love while you still have that moment together.

If you're focused on the friendship as its own reward, serendipitous stuff just happens. I know that sounds weird, but I can tell you for our 12 years of existence, it's actually how a lot of stuff happens.

Oh call it by some better name, For friendship sounds too cold.

We're friends for life, and this is just what we do.

It was weird at first. It's part of business and, unfortunately, that's how it is. Our friendship is always going to be there. I have a lot of friends who are not here any more.

I think that we'll be ready for (Friendship). Especially coming off a loss like this.

I suppose if I did get into a situation with a friend where we both liked the same girl, I like to think we'd sit down maturely and decide who was going to get in there, and then the other would stand aside.

Friendship could be right under your nose but if you are caught up in yourself you will never find it.

You don't work with a guy that long and don't become very good friends. He really understood me and I understood him. That's probably why we got along so well. We'll miss Jim and his personality and his intellect.

I think we're both pretty easygoing and that's why we remain friends to this day.

In the summer I have this friend who I am closest to, and sometimes, in the winter, I long to call her up and say, come here and live with me, in this cold place. But we are summer friends. There is a rule it seems, that summer friends don't get together in the wintertime. Now, sitting here, waiting for her, I realize that I have never seen her in a winter coat, and for some reason that makes me sadder than anything else in the world.

After all, you can’t force a friendship.

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