For Vili - Anny_b & Željko

1. For our dear friend Vili...

2. Our friends are like angels, Who brighten our days; In all kinds of wonderful, Magical ways. Their thoughtfulness comes, As a gift from above; And we feel we're surrounded, By warm, caring love.

3. A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same. Elbert Hubbard

4. A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. Leo Buscaglia

5. Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. George Washington

6. Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. Aristotle

7. Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything. Muhammad Ali

8. I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing. Katherine Mansfield

9. I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. Plutarch

10. I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world. Thomas A. Edison

11. I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar. Robert Brault

12. If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. George MacDonald

13. In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. Albert Schweitzer

14. Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust

15. Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts. Margaret Lee Runbeck

16. The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you. Elbert Hubbard

17. The language of friendship is not words but meanings. Henry David Thoreau

18. The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend. Henry David Thoreau

19. There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. Saint Thomas Aquinas

20. When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. Henri Nouwen

21. Like upside-down rainbows, Their smiles bring the sun; And they fill ho-hum moments, With laughter and fun. Friends are like angels Without any wings; Blessing our lives, With the most precious things.

22. Created by Anny_b & Željko Čidić Music: The Song of The Thornbird Photos: Ž.Č.