Breakfast at Tiffany's Friendship Quotes

This makes us believe that perhaps Holly and the narrator really do develop a true friendship. They reach a level of comfort that only true friends achieve.

After the horseback-riding fiasco, Holly displays real tenderness and concern for the narrator – she actually cares for him. And this is a touching moment between the two that shows us that Holly is indeed capable of friendship.

Even after Holly is arrested for associating with Sally Tomato, she refuses to believe that he's the horrible man the newspapers are making him out to be. Is she being naïve? Perhaps. But she might also just be displaying the loyalty she feels toward the people she believes are her friends.

This reveals to us Joe Bell's definition of friendship. He is appalled that the narrator thinks Holly is really involved in the mess with Sally Tomato. For Joe, true friendship is the complete belief in a friend's innocence.

So, Holly actually does think about someone other than herself. For her, friendship cannot exist without loyalty (even if we think her loyalty might be a little misguided in this case.

In the end, the narrator just misses his friend a great deal. He wants to share the accomplishments of his life with her, and he feels her absence in a very real way.

Although he doesn't have to do this, the narrator keeps his word to Holly and finds her cat. It seems he feels that loyalty is a part of friendship, too.

Is this Holly feeling sorry for herself or is she just speaking the truth? Either way, she seems a bit saddened by this realization and we get to see a crack in her armor.

It's much easier for Holly to form attachments to animals than to people. This horse is her friend, a thing she loves and holds dear to her heart.

Although Holly doesn't like the idea of the birdcage, she buys it for the narrator because she thinks it will make him happy. She is capable of self-sacrifice when it comes to the people she really cares about.