"You’ve got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country." ― Joe Biden Topic(s): Friendship More From Joe Biden "Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people." "We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society." "The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society." More In Friendship "They took their meals together; and it was remarked on such occasions, when the friendship of animals is put to a hard test, that they never quarrelled or disputed the possession of a favourite fruit with each other."― Henry Walter Bates "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 friendship of Shostakovich cast a brilliant light over my whole life and whose spiritual qualities captured my soul once and for all time."― Galina Vishnevskaya