“Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.”

“If we can help people see that it's not just a race, that it's an opportunity to build life-long friendships, conquer challenges together and strengthen communities, then we think we will have succeeded.”

“There are a lot of worries in Africa. Many people die of HIV, and there is a lot of theft and rape. There is more peace here. People are so friendly and supportive here. There is much friendship and people are not suspicious of one another.”

“I'm all about the W's. One of the things I'm going to take away from my experience at ASU are the friendships I made, and through the hard times and great times, I stuck with it.”

“Sometimes the best way to lose a good friend is to go into business with a friend. The reason being you can't end the business day. The friendship always extends beyond the normal eight-hour day.”

“It was two people that were thrown together in a friendship in spite of themselves, ... Everything that's around them is being turned into quicksand. The whole fabric of their lives and the structure of their society is completely mixing them around.”

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.

Books loved anyone who opened them, they gave you secruity and friendship and didn't ask for anything in return; they never went away, never, not even when you treated them badly.

“It's a shame. It's one thing people look forward to, spreading blankets out next to the same people each year in a neighborly manner and renewing friendships, asking how the dog's doing.”

A friendship like theirs was hard to come by, and when such a thing is found, it is often even harder to hold on to.But, as so few come to learn, absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder.