“ After all, what is ''a man'' nowadays? Somebody who stands alone, independent of all ties. ”
Being shameless in thinking, then talking, about male friendship because it is important. Make room for friendship in your life. Make a federal case out of it.
~ Stuart Miller
Our attitudes toward human relationships are those of supermarket shoppers: we want what is cheap and quick and easy, we want variety, and we want novelty. But friendship requires a whole other set of mind.
To realize the importance the imagination could have in friendship, to understand its immense power for bringing us together in a way.
Frequently, friendship is represented as something too steadily pleasant, or in certain of the masterpieces of the past -- Aristotle and Cicero, for example -- as pervaded by a constant mutual understanding and a gentle calm. Friendship is also an emotional relationship, with involvement that can get hot at times, like any other deep involvement with a person.
