Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another; people are friends in spots.
I was maturing in a way that all my friends weren't. How is it that I'm 10, and I look 15, and all my friends don't?
My friends and I are collecting prom dresses to give to girls who can't afford them for their proms.
I know, firsthand, that soccer brings people together - all it takes is a ball and a few people, and the seeds of friendship are planted.
They took their meals together; and it was remarked on such occasions, when the friendship of animals is put to a hard test, that they never quarrelled or disputed the possession of a favourite fruit with each other.
Men and women can absolutely be friends, and that's what we need to be. Part of the problem is that we aren't friends enough. Our relationships are negotiations, and that is not friendship.