100 Famous Unexpected Friendship Quotes to Bond With Your Squad

Friendship is an essential link that grows stronger with time. It’s always a pleasure to witness unexpected friendships grow. Sometimes these connections form when two people from different backgrounds and interests, discover common ground in the most unexpected locations, and sometimes this relationship can grow into a strong bond.

100 Quotes About Unexpected Friendship

The best friendships in life usually develop from the most unforeseen circumstances. These Unexpected Friendship Quotes are ideal and best to share with your friend.

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1. “A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.”

2. “When we let go of our expectations and embrace the unknown, we open ourselves up to the possibility of unexpected friendships.”

3. “Happy is the soul that has a friend. Happier is the soul that trusts in the truth of the heart of a friend.” ― Ogwo David Emenike

4. “The best things in life are unexpected because there were no expectations.” — Eli Khamarov

5. “Sometimes the most unexpected friendships can turn out to be the most meaningful ones.”

6. “A real friendship ought to introduce each person to unexpected weirdness in the other.” – Jaron Lanier

7. “God made us friends because he knew our parents couldn’t handle us as sisters.”

8. “Our friendship may have been unexpected, but it’s one of the most valuable things in my life.”

9. “It’s strange how we find the best of friends in the most unexpected people.” — Aly Hunter

10. “Life is full of surprises, but some of the best surprises come in the form of unexpected friendships.”

11. “That was what a best friend did: hold up a mirror and show you your heart.” — Kristin Hannah

12. “Friendship is like a stubborn child who is playing hide and seek with your life. When you find the child, his smile will light up the darkness of your life.” ― Sandeep Sharma

13. “If you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” — Muhammad Ali

14. “It’s amazing how unexpected friendships can bring so much joy and happiness into our lives.”

15. “From strangers to friends, our journey together has been filled with laughter, love, and countless memories.”

16. “True caring friends are a gift; be careful not to tear the wrapping when you open it.” ― RJ Intindola

17. “The companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain.” ― Mary Shelley

18. “Maybe I can’t stop the downpour, but I will always join you for a walk in the rain.” — Dr Sukhraj Dhillon

19. “Our friendship is like a refreshing breeze on a hot summer day, unexpected but always welcomed.”

20. “The tenure of friendships has never been governed by the passage of time.” ― Amor Towles

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21. “It’s amazing how much you can learn from someone who’s completely different from you. That’s the beauty of unexpected friendships.”

22. “The most memorable people in life will be the friends who loved you when you weren’t very lovable.” — Aidan Chambers

23. “Do you have those friends where you can’t even remember how you became friends? You were just suddenly friends.”

24. “Our friendship may have been unexpected, but it’s one of the greatest gifts life has given me.”

25. “There’s not a word yet, for old friends who’ve just met.” ― Jim Henson

26. “You usually can’t recall all the people you’ve shared laughs with. But you rarely forget the people you’ve shared your tears with.” ― Mya Robarts

27. “Forever friends are a treasure chest of understanding and compassion. Cherish them.” ― Amy Leigh Mercree

28. “A friend is someone that asks, ‘how are you,’ and really wants to hear the truth.” ― Tonny K. Brown

29. “Our friendship is like a beautiful painting, with each stroke adding to its unique beauty.”

30. “The language of friendship is not words but meanings.” — Henry David Thoreau

31. “Our friendship may have been unexpected, but it’s a testament to the fact that love and kindness have no boundaries.”

32. “A true friend sees the first tear, catches the second, and stops the third.”

33. “No one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.” ― John Joseph Powell

34. “Silence makes the real conversations between friends. Not the saying, but the never needing to say that counts.” ― Margaret Lee Runbeckv

35. “A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.” ― Maya Angelou

36. “Friendships are measured in the closeness of hearts, minds and soul ties… not in the distance of physical miles or even the passing of time.” ― Rasheed Ogunlaru

37. “Stick with the people who pull the magic out of you and not the madness.”

38. “A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.” — Donna Roberts

39. “A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us.” — Henry David Thoreau

40. “Our friendship may have been unexpected, but it’s one of the most beautiful things in my life.”

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41. “Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.” ― Charles Lamb

42. “We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is, at last, a drop which makes it run over.” ― James Boswell

43. “That’s the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place.” — Miriam Adeney

44. “As long as the relationship lives in the heart, true friends will never part.” ― Auliq Ice

45. “Our friendship may be unexpected, but it’s undoubtedly one of the best things to have happened to me.”

46. “Being in a relationship, that’s something you choose. Being friends, that’s just something you are.” ― John Green

47. “Our friendship may have been unexpected, but it’s one of the best things that’s ever happened to me.”

48. “The better the friend, the less cleaning you do before she comes over.”

49. “Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.” — Socrates

50. “Friendship is so weird. You just pick a human you’ve met and you’re like, ‘Yep, I like this one,’ and you just do stuff with them.” — Bill Murray

51. “The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” — Elisabeth Foley

52. “Unexpected friendships are the most beautiful ones because they show that love knows no boundaries.”

53. “A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” — William Shakespeare

54. “A true friend is the one who holds your hand and touches your heart.” — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

55. “Our differences may have brought us together, but our friendship is what keeps us close.”

56. “That is how friendships begin: one person reveals a moment of strangeness, and the other person decides just to listen and not exploit it.” ― Meg Wolitzer

57. “A real friendship ought to introduce each person to unexpected weirdness in the other.” — Jaron Lanier

58. “Ironically, the people you meet by accident are often the ones who become an important part of your life.”

59. “The great thing about new friends is that they bring new energy to your soul.” — Shanna Rodriguez

60. “Who says you can’t make friends as an adult? Our unexpected friendship proves them wrong.”

61. “Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.” ― Khalil Gibran

62. “Our friendship is proof that sometimes, the universe has a way of bringing the right people into our lives at the right time.”

63. “No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth.” — Robert Southey

64. “If you have two friends in your lifetime, you’re lucky. If you have one good friend, you’re more than lucky.” ― S.E. Hinton

65. “Life is too short to be anything but grateful for the unexpected friendships that come our way.”

66. “There are friends, there is family and then there are friends that become family.”

67. “We are all the same and we are all different. What great friends we will be.” ― Kelly Moran

68. “Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.” ― Khalil Gibran

69. “Unexpected friendships remind us that the world is full of kind, compassionate, and wonderful people.”

70. “You’re the peanut butter to my chocolate, the unexpected friend that makes my life sweeter.”

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71. “Friendships unfold gradually as women share intimacies with one another. This takes time.” ― Irene S. Levine

72. “Life is kind of like a party. You invite a lot of people, and the few who stay to help you clean up the mess are the only ones who matter.”

73. “I feel good about life, about myself. And it’s hard not to want to be near someone who, just by their very nature, makes you feel that way too.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich

74. “The best things in life are the people we love, the places we’ve been, and the memories we’ve made.”

75. “Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time.” ― Mary Wollstonecraft

76. “Ironically, the people you meet by accident are often the ones who become an important part of your life.”

77. “I may not have seen this friendship coming, but now I can’t imagine my life without you.”

78. “The great thing about new friends is that they bring new energy to your soul.” — Shanna Rodriguez

79. “Unexpected friendships remind us that anything is possible if we’re open to new experiences and new people.”

80. “Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.” ― Khalil Gibran

81. “Most of us don’t need a psychiatric therapist as much as a friend to be silly with.” ― Robert Brault

82. “Our friendship is a testament to the fact that sometimes the best things in life come when we least expect them.”

83. “Do not choose friends who only flatter you, but who understand you.” ― Eraldo Banovac

84. “A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they’re not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they’re not so bad.” — Arnold H. Glasgow

85. “You may have been unexpected, but you’re one of the best things that ever happened to me.”

86. “From different backgrounds and walks of life, we found a common bond that brought us together as friends.”

87. “Friendship isn’t about who you’ve known the longest, it’s about who walked into your life and said ‘I’m here for you.’”

88. “Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.”

89. “Here’s to the friends who make us laugh, challenge us, and push us to be the best version of ourselves.”

90.“We may not have been searching for each other, but we found each other nonetheless.”