To talk and tell jokes; to indulge in courteous exchanges; to read pleasant books together; to be playful together; to be earnest together; to differ at times without ill-humor, as one might with oneself. And even through these infrequent dissensions to find zest in our more frequent agreements sometimes teaching, sometimes being taught longing for someone absent with impatience and welcoming the homecomer with joy.
These and similar tokens of friendship, which spring spontaneously from the hearts of those who love and are loved in return- in countenance, tongue, eyes, and a thousand ingratiating gestures- were all so much fuel to melt our souls together, and out of the many made us one.
-Augustine, Confessions
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