What keeps [friends] together? Common history, some shared conquests, a delight in ideas and people and living. But they will also be distinguished by their ability to listen to you. They will not be uncritical, but they will understand and accept you. You will be interested in each other's happiness and well-being. Margaux Bergen
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In his essay on friendship, Aristotle argued that friends are those who would do anything for each other. Friends share a mutual affection for each other and keep each other from falling back into old, destructive patterns. In the same way, a good friend accepts the faults of the person she is with and helps them to understand their own faults and reexamine their behavior and its effects.

Source: Navigating Life: Things I Wish My Mother Had Told Me

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