A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.

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Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards. ― Vladimir Nabokov

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From where we stand the rain seems random. If we could stand somewhere else, we would see the order in it. ― Tony Hillerman

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There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.― Linda Grayson

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You'll find, my friend, that what you love will take you places you never dreamed you'd go. ― Tony Kushner

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He travels the fastest who travels alone - Rudyard Kipling

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What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.― Aristotle

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To lose a friend is the greatest of all losses. – Cicero

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The power of nature is life in association. Nothing stands alone. ― Terry Tempest Williams

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Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. - Helen Keller

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