A Wisdom saying on 'Love and Friendship'

"Love and friendship are surely the best things in life and may, it seems to me now, persist beyond life, as we want them to, like light from a star so immeasurably distant that it cannot be dated and questions of past and future are irrelevant."

These are stunning words in my opinion on a topic I have studied most of my scholarly life. They come from "Meanwhile There are Letters" (ed. S. Marrs & T. Nolan - Arcade, 2015). Kenneth Millar and Eudora Welty are the authors whose letters have been compiled in this book. Mr. Millar wrote this quote to his friend.
        May we experience some depth of that friendship-love.