Friendship Day Quotes: 20 quotes by famous authors that describe true essence of friendship

While we have no say in choosing our family, we do have an option of selecting friends who become family. True friends are the ones who love us despite knowing our flaws; they are the ones whom we often rely on even more than our family and relatives. So it becomes all the more important to express our love and gratitude to have such people in our lives every once in a while. Through ages authors have captured the beauty of true friendships in their works. Not only that but true and long lasting friendships have also been observed between authors in the history of literature, be it the bond between J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis or Toni Morrison and James Baldwin among others. Some writers' honest and timeless writings are one of the best ways to convey how grateful we feel to have friends who always have our back. In case you fall short of words or are unable to express your feelings well, then these beautiful quotes by famous authors will help you describe the true essence of friendship even today. Read on!1. "A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow."– William Shakespeare2. “Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.”—Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey3. "Friendship... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves4. “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not followDon’t walk behind me… I may not leadWalk beside me… just be my friend”― Albert Camus5. “What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”― Aristotle6. "Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm & constant."– Socrates7. “Not a word passes between us, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don’t have to say anything.”—Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner8. "The language of friendship is not words but meanings."- Henry David Thoreau9. “Only a true best friend can protect you from your immortal enemies.”― Richelle Mead, Vampire Academy10. “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”― Elbert Hubbard11. “I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.”― Helen Keller12. “No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”― Alice Walker13. "Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes."– Friedrich Nietzsche14. “Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”― Anais Nin15. “There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.”― P.G. Wodehouse16. “If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky.”― S.E. Hinton17. “The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families.”― Jay McInerney18. “The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one whenyou discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson19. “Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.”― Charles Lamb20. “Never leave a friend behind. Friends are all we have to get us through this life--and they are the only things from this world that we could hope to see in the next.”― Dean Koontz