One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness. – Euripides