Love and Friendship English 8

Directions Part I 1. Read the following quotes about the theme of love and friendship. 2. Then go back and RE-READ all of the quotes (at least once) to understand what each speaker is saying.

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” - Elbert Hubbard

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” - Lao Tzu

“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” -Robert A Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.” -William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

“Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.” -Alfred Tennyson, In Memoriam

“You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.” -Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper

“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” -William Shakespeare

“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” -Aristotle

“Silence makes the real conversations between friends. Not the saying, but the never needing to say that counts.” -Margaret Lee Runbeck

“A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.” -Arthur Brisbane

Directions Part II Prompt: What are the aspects of a good friendship? Pick one of the quotes that speaks to you and explain why you think it says something accurate about love and friendship. 1. Create a NEW Document in Google Docs. 2. Title it “Love and Friendship Free Write- Last name” 3. Share the document with me (Mary Forsyth). 4. Respond to the prompt. Remember, the prompt has two parts. You must respond thoughtfully to both parts to receive credit for this assignment.