The Friendship Factor Quotes

“For fear of seeming sentimental, many of us hold back expressions of warmth and thereby miss out on rich and profound friendships.”
― Alan Loy McGinnis, The Friendship Factor: Revised, 25th Anniversary Edition

“The best friendships do not require that anyone keep the upper hand.”
― Alan Loy McGinnis, The Friendship Factor: Revised, 25th Anniversary Edition

“Conversation with your longtime friends will indeed get sparse if you restrict yourselves to facts, as that couple evidently did. But when you and your mate get together in the evening and you talk about your feelings, there will always be plenty to discuss, for every one of us has a hundred different emotions during the day. The world of our feelings is a multifaceted, rapidly changing world, and to meet with a friend to talk about these things—that is intimacy.”
― Alan Loy McGinnis, Friendship Factor: How to Get Closer to the People You Care for