--- title: "7 Friendships Real Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 7 Friendships Real quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Friendships Real sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e6/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_death_friendship-like-the-immortality-of-the-s_1162594.png" --- > [“Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed. When friendships are real, they are not glass threads…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/friendship-like-the-immortality-of-the-soul-is-too-good-to-be/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e6/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_death_friendship-like-the-immortality-of-the-s_1162594.png) > [When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we can know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/when-friendships-are-real-they-are-not-glass-threads-or-frost-work/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0d/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_friend_when-friendships-are-real-they-are-not-g_1692617.png) > [I was in my early 30s, and I longed for real friendships and real relationships, and I started asking myself why I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jens-lekman/i-was-in-my-early-30s-and-i-longed-for-real-friendships-and-real/) [Jens Lekman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jens-lekman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/jens-lekman-3213_early_i-was-in-my-early-30s-and-i-longed-for-r_2086725.jpg) > [When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost-work , but the solidest thing we know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/when-friendships-are-real-they-are-not-glass-threads-or-frost-work-2/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e4/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_friend_when-friendships-are-real-they-are-not-g_2324217.png) > [“In my late twenties, when I moved to Los Angeles and all my friends seemed to spread out around the country, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/in-my-late-twenties-when-i-moved-to-los-angeles-and-all-my-friends/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e9/mindy-kaling-672_free-time_in-my-late-twenties-when-i-moved-to-los_2348427.jpg) > [People feel that in this industry friendships are not for real, but that's not true. Otherwise, what is the point of being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arjun-kapoor/people-feel-that-in-this-industry-friendships-are-not-for-real-but/) [Arjun Kapoor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arjun-kapoor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/arjun-kapoor-4895_friend_people-feel-that-in-this-industry-friend_2506537.jpg) > [I am much more settled in who I am. I think a lot of your 20s is trying to figure out who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sutton-foster/i-am-much-more-settled-in-who-i-am-i-think-a-lot-of-your-20s-is/) [Sutton Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sutton-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/sutton-foster-8208_apartment_i-am-much-more-settled-in-who-i-am-i-thi_3001531.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friendships-real/#itemlist", "name": "Friendships Real Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed. 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