Friendship Quotes by Nora Ephron

10 Friendship quotes by Nora Ephron

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Nora Ephron’s ten insights blend sharp humor with heartfelt observation, revealing the quirks and comforts of lasting friendships. Her witty prose makes each quote feel like a conversation with a close confidante.

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“As Harry puts it, men and women can never be friends because 'the sex part always gets in the way.”

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

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When I buy a new book, I always read the last page first, that way in case I die before I finish,…

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No man can be friends with a woman he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her. Sex is always…

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I want to talk to her. I want to have lunch with her. I want her to give me a book she…

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If there is a Nora Ephron signature anything it is that there's slightly too much food. I have a friend whose mantra…

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“She's talking about condominiums," my friend Betty Searle called up to say one day. "Obviously she's involved with someone." Are you sure?"…

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Every so often I would look at my women friends who were happily married and didn't cook, and I would always find…

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“A while back, my friend Graydon Carter mentioned that he was opening a restaurant in New York. I cautioned him against this,…

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“Harry Burns: You realize of course that we could never be friends. Sally Albright: Why not? Harry Burns: What I'm saying is…

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'When you slip on a banana peel, people laugh at you. When you tell people you slipped on a banana peel, it's your laugh.'

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“I wish he were better at hailing taxis than I am; on the other hand, I realize that expectation is culturally conditioned, utterly foolish,…

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You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets.

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I never went near the Wellesley College chapel in my four years there, but I am still amazed at the amount of Christian charity…

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You can't call yourself a feminist if you don't believe in the right to abortion.

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“I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know how it turned out.”

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“If I was home alone at night, I cooked myself an entire meal from one of these cookbooks. Then I sat down in front…

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“The next man I was involved with lived in Boston. He taught me to cook mushrooms. He taught me that if you heat the…

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“Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some…

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A man who finishes a book is always alone when he finishes it...

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“I hear myself saying these words: What this movement is about is options. I say it to friends who are frustrated, or housebound, or…

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