* Friendship *

" Oh, the comfort - the inexpressible comfort of

  feeling safe with a person,
  Having neither to weigh thoughts, 
  Nor measure words - but pouring them 
  All right out - just as they are - 
  Chaff and grain together - 
  Certain that a faithful hand will 
  Take and sift them - 
  Keep what is worth keeping - 
  And with the breath of kindness - 
  Blow the rest away."

                       -Dinah Maria Mulock Craik