An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.

— E.A. Bucchianeri

Don’t allow people to come in and out of your life when it only benefits them.

— Dominic Riccitello

Friends are not a number. You can't collect connections. You can't just go out one day and be like, "Hey, I need some friends!" *goes shopping, scours social media*

— Connor Franta

I did not look for her, because I was afraid of dispelling the mystery we attach to people whom we know only casually.

— Colette

Saying that you do not remember something or someone is a less embarrassing or hurtful way of saying that you do not know it or them anymore.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Sometimes there are people in this world that you meet. Most of these people remain just that, passing acquaintances that further down the line you will struggle to remember their names, let alone picture their faces, and it all fades into a distant past almost like a dissolving aspirin. Some acquaintances become friends, but again these come and go with only a few remaining consistent. However, occasionally you will meet someone that changes who you are and who you will become.

— Emily Williams

There are two kinds of people we meet in our lives who make a difference: those who remain in our lives and those we only meet once. Each kind has a different type of impact, but both are important.

— Kenneth Eade

They thrived on the rapid turnover of acquaintances, the lack of involvement with others, and the total self-sufficiency of lives which, needing nothing, were never disappointed.

— J.G. Ballard

We sometimes try to impress people we just met by not trying to impress them.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

While toxic food is bad for your health and well-being, so are negative and unethical people.

— Frank Sonnenberg