"Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long." ― Robert Staughton Lynd Topic(s): Friendship More From Robert Staughton Lynd "Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left." "Most of us can remember a time when a birthday – especially if it was one’s own – brightened the world as if a second sun has risen." "Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with." More In Friendship "Ray Bradbury is, for many reasons, the most influential writer in my life. Throughout our long friendship, Ray supplied not only his terrific stories but a grand model of what a writer could be, should be, and yet rarely is: brilliant and charming and accessible, willing to tolerate and to teach, happy to inspire but also to be inspired."― Greg Bear "A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend."― Henry David Thoreau "How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing."― Albert Camus