„On the whole, I don’t have any friends. Friends come and go; I’ve lost my trust factor. I believe I have people who think they’re my friend. And I believe that there are people probably in their heart who are friends toward me or are friends to me. But they’re not my friends, because what I learned is that fear is stronger than love.“

— Tupac Shakur

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„People who live in society have learned how to see themselves in mirrors as they appear to their friends. I have no friends. Is that why my flesh is so naked?“
— Jean Paul Sartre
„There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.“
— Jane Austen
„My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.“
— Colette
„Since I learned the truth in Mecca, my dearest friends have come to include all kinds — some Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, agnostics, and even atheists! I have friends who are called capitalists, Socialists, and Communists! Some of my friends are moderates, conservatives, extremists — some are even Uncle Toms! My friends today are black, brown, red, yellow, and white!“
— Malcolm X