“Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.”– Robin Morgan Related Quotes “Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.”– Bruce Lee “The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.”– Ulysses S. Grant “Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.”– Austin O’Malley