Two worn wooden chairs face a round table with two cups and a small vase in warm afternoon light.

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Henry Brooks Adams

Friends are born, not made.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Some friendships feel like a recognition rather than something carefully arranged. Adams packs that sense of natural affinity into five words. The thought gives friendship an effortless beginning, without telling us that keeping a friend will always be just as easy.

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