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C. S. Lewis Quotes about Friendship

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Friendship is born at that moment when one man says to another: What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .

Friendship is born at that moment when one man says to another: "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . ."

C. S. Lewis
Love, Friendship, Inspiration
C. S. Lewis (1971). “The Four Loves”, p.90, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.

C. S. Lewis
Friendship, Personality, Catholic
C. S. Lewis (1984). “The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis”, p.161, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

C. S. Lewis
Friendship, Best Friend, Relationship

People who bore one another should meet seldom; people who interest one another, often.

C. S. Lewis
Friendship, People, Should

It is that of an unsatisfied desire which is itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.

C. S. Lewis
Friendship, Desire, Satisfaction
"Joyful Christian".

You Too? I thought I was the only one.

C. S. Lewis
Friendship, Funny Best Friend, Real Friends
C. S. Lewis (1971). “The Four Loves”, p.77, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Anger is the fluid love bleeds when cut.

C. S. Lewis
Friendship, Cutting, Friendship Love

Friendship arises out of mere Companionship when two or more of the companions discover that they have in common some insight or interest or even taste which the others do not share and which, till that moment, each believed to be his own unique treasure (or burden).

C. S. Lewis
Friendship, Unique, Two
C. S. Lewis (1971). “The Four Loves”, p.77, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

It's all love or sex these days. Friendship is almost as quaint and outdated a notion as chastity. Soon friends will be like the elves and the pixies - fabulous mythical creatures from a distant past.

C. S. Lewis
Friendship, Sex, Past

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