You shone like a star. The funniest, wisest writer & the finest friend
Neil GaimanRead
Food is the great connector, and laughs are the cement. If we go out to eat and have a nice meal, that's one thing. If we can share a laugh, now we're friends.
Interpretation
Food and laughter foster connections between people.
This quote emphasizes the importance of sharing meals and laughter as fundamental elements in building friendships. While enjoying good food can bring people together, it is the shared experiences of humor and joy that truly deepen relationships and solidify the bonds of friendship.
In practice
During a family gathering, I might say this quote to highlight the joy of sharing meals together.
You shone like a star. The funniest, wisest writer & the finest friend
Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends.
I listened so hard because it felt like, while she was telling me stories, she was massaging my soul, letting me know that I was not alone, that I will never have to be alone, that there are friends and family and churches and coffee shops. I was not going to be cast into space.
Where there are friends there is wealth.
And I'm up while the dawn is breaking, even though my heart is aching. I should be drinking a toast to absent friends instead of these comedians.
The act of quiet nighttime talking, illustrates for me more than anything else the curious alchemy of companionship.
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