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" You do not know how much they mean to me, my friends,
And how, how rare and strange it is, to find
In a life composed so much, so much of odds and ends,
(For indeed I do not love it ... you knew? you are not blind! How keen you are!)
To find a friend who has these qualities,
Who has, and gives
Those qualities upon which friendship lives.
How much it means that I say this to you-
Without these friendships-life, what cauchemar! "

T.S. Eliot , Collected Poems, 1909-1962


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T.S. Eliot quote : You do not know how much they mean to me, my friends,<br />And how, how rare and strange it is, to find<br />In a life composed so much, so much of odds and ends,<br />(For indeed I do not love it ... you knew? you are not blind! How keen you are!)<br />To find a friend who has these qualities,<br />Who has, and gives<br />Those qualities upon which friendship lives.<br />How much it means that I say this to you-<br />Without these friendships-life, what cauchemar!