He contracted no friendships and had no confidants.
Such loves are always accompanied by such friendships.
Such equal friendships between men and women grow more possible every day.
They can make strong isolated friendships, but of general good-fellowship they haven't a notion."
"Lady Eustace, I cannot take charge of Mrs. Carbuncle's friendships. I have enough to do to look after my own.
Lucy, blushing up to the eyes, had once declared that she desired to have no personal visitors at Lady Fawn's house; but that, as regarded her own friendships, the matter was one for her own bosom.
After all, one must take life as it comes, its homely details are so mixed up with its sweet charities, and loves, and friendships that one is forced to believe that God has joined them together and does not will that they should be put asunder.
Such interest as did exist ceased wholly or almost so as the relation with Edmund developed. There was no aversion from the company of girls and women, however; the intellectual friendships were mainly with them, while the emotional ones were with boys.