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...to understand
how to make
and maintain
a friendship.
No one questions the importance of
friendships, and for most students they arise
so naturally that we don’t consider how we
might help those who have difficulty making
friends. Friendships help define us and
help form the foundation for our social and
emotional well-being.
“There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.”
—Jim Henson
“I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who
nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.”
—Plutarch
“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends.”
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson