Oh, sometimes I think it is of no use to make friends. They only go out of your life after a while and leave a hurt that is worse than the emptiness before they came.

L.m. Montgomery
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When people are friends for a while they do get hurt when their friend is no longer there. He was not happy with the people around him, but did not know how to get rid of his bad feelings.

Source: Anne Of Avonlea

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