Familiarity Quote by David Nicholls

There was just a moment when things weren't quite the same, weren't quite as they had always been through the long friendship

— Lois Lowry

What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.

— Arthur C. Clarke

That, they knew, was true friendship. And they knew, if you're lucky enough to find it, you hold on to it.

— Sarah Addison Allen

Their friendship was only one aspect of their lives but it seemed to give meaning to all the others.

— Ann Brashares

And it occurred to me that friendship was a lot more dependable, not to mention long-lasting, than love.

— Lisa Kleypas

The longer they were together the more doubtful seemed the nature of his regard, and sometimes for a few painful minutes she believed it…

— Jane Austen

He thought of her often, and he missed the companionship they'd once shared and the friendship that had been the bedrock of their marriage…

— Nicholas Sparks

It was an odd friendship, but the oddnesses of friendships are a frequent guarantee of their lasting texture.

— Ford Madox Ford

They could fall in love with fresh, new people, or they could have the courage and humility to tear off some essential layer of…

— Liane Moriarty

Blank-slate friendships were thin and temperamental. She knew that. There was no history there to cement people together, for better or worse.

— Sarah Addison Allen

It was a lesson most people learned much earlier; that even friendship could have an undisclosed shelf life. That loyalty and affection, so consuming…

— Jennifer Haigh

I guess like any friendship, marriage, or whatever it is familiarity breeds more contempt, and more love. They're just more settled with each other…

— Martin Freeman