Friends aren't people you particularly like for any special reason. You just like people because they're your friends.
Rosamunde Pilcher, The Empty House
He was 79 (just) and had been battling emphysema for the last 5 years. He maintained it was his own fault, because he reckoned he must have smoked half a million cigarettes in his lifetime. Even though he gave up smoking 10 years ago, it was too late. He put the "gentle" back into "gentleman".
We've finished As Time Goes By. We need a new series now.
Friends aren't people you particularly like for any special reason. You just like people because they're your friends.
Rosamunde Pilcher, The Empty House
