George Eliot Quotes About Best Friends

• A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.

  George Eliot

  Friendship, Best Friend, True Friend

• Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.

  George Eliot

  Best Friend, Friendship, Relationship

• Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

  George Eliot

  Best Friend, Friendship, Spring

  George Eliot (1839). “Theophrastus Such, Jubal and other poems and The Spanish gypsy”, p.438

• Doesn't this quote just call up feelings of comfort and home? Comparing friendship to the nest a bird lives in and builds with loving determination reminds me that having a solid relationship takes work and dedication. And yet, when you succeed in crafting a friendship, you can rest in the comfort it provides.

  George Eliot

  Best Friend, Determination, Home

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