Edith WhartonThere is one friend in the life of each of us who seems not a separate person, however dear and beloved, but an expansion, an interpretation, of one's self, the very meaning of one's soul.
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All that follows in the quote comes true when you’ve got a friend like this! This is because when you’ve got a friend like this, your life becomes an adventure. You can go anywhere in the world and make it your home; you can do anything you want and never stop to regret it. You become free, because your freedom is not dependent on someone else. Your freedom is dependent only on yourself.
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