Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends. – William Butler Yeats

Often the magical elements in my books are standing in for elements of the real world, the small and magical-in-their-own-right sorts of things that we take for granted and no longer pay attention to, like the bonds of friendship that entwine our own lives with those of other people and places. – Charles de Lint

The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes. – Sallust