"I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter." ― Tahar Ben Jelloun Topic(s): Friendship More From Tahar Ben Jelloun "Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare – and precious as a pearl." "Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price." "I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It’s not very funny, but it’s sincere. My commitment is to sincerity." More In Friendship "We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence."― Joseph Roux "I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship."― Pietro Aretino "When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be a community design. I designed Perl, myself. It’s limited by my own brain power. So I wanted Perl 6 to be a community design."― Larry Wall