topik ini ud diangkat dr minggu lalu ttg sbuah discussion mengenai arti kata "teman" dgn beberapa blogger yg bru gw temu and kbetulan kmaren gw sempet diskusi bentar di -conference call-.

Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

by Muhammad Ali

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

awalnya gw ga gtu percaya gud things nya lah dari hal gtuan. temen tuh sama aj ama org yg bae ama kita klo kita jg bae ama mreka sebage awal definisi. "teman" tuh relative dimana lo ngelyat darii sudut pandang yg berbeda. macem-macem kayak teman untuk hidup, teman untuk cerita, teman untuk kerja dan masi bnyk lagi dah.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

by George Washington

for this case, what's the difference between close friend and best friend?

some says, there's a slight difference between them which has a very deep in meaning that makes it hard to be explained thoroughly. personally, i'd rather state that close friend is who "automatically" gets very near with your life if you often shares stories, hangs out or phoning him/her. that means if u don't do those things, there's no way she/he could get closer with you. beats me. there are few cases out there! there's always a replacement for this once he/she lost a connection with you, obviously.

People's lives change. to keep all your old friends is like keeping all your oldclothes -- pretty soon your closet is so jammed and everything so crushed you can't find anything to wear. Help these friends when they need you; bless them years and happy times when you meant a lot to each other, but try not to have the guilts if new people mean more to you now.

by Helen Gurley Brown

A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.

by Pam Brown

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whereas, best friend is someone who rangely quite close enough to very close with you but in plus, here comes the understanding and faith between you and her/him. words are probably limited to this kind of friendship as they know each other quite well to act as supports for instance.

Never Explain--your Friends do not need it and your Enemies will not believe you anyway.

by Elbert Hubbard

unlike, "close friend" who seems can get away easily at the moment distance becomes an obstacle, best friend never dies though there's no contact for years and no silly reason to put it off easily. yeah due to the irreplaceable memory that's kept within.

True friends stab you in the front.

by Oscar Wilde

The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our own.

by Phillips Brooks

to conclude, close friend could be your best friend. similary, they are the same and doing the common things as friends do. err let's say best friend is the next stage of close friend as time flows and fit to be. the road is long to look for this kind of friends but surely it's fun to know that someday u'll get one as we humans are not destined to be alone. hahaha well then those things are what my mind could come up with. oks then till next time!

True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

by C. C. Colton