H. P. Lovecraft

It is no compliment to be the stupidly idolised master of a dog whose instinct it is to idolise, but it is a very distinct tribute to be chosen as the friend and confidant of a philosophic cat who is wholly his own master and could easily choose another companion if he found such an one more agreeable and interesting.

American Novelist

Donny Osmond

This whole head of the home thing has been blown way out of proportion. Some guys just take it way too far. Some parents take it way too far. Yet children need guidance. They need a parent to help and guide them. They also need a friend. They need a confidant.

American Musician

Auguste Rodin

The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him.

French Sculptor

Octavio Paz

Yes, I am well aware that nature - or what we call nature: that totality of objects and processes that surrounds us and that alternately creates us and devours us - is neither our accomplice nor our confidant.

Mexican Poet

Matt Barnes

My mom was my rock, my confidant and my best friend. She was an elementary school teacher who worked with students with disabilities and she lived every day giving back to her family and her community.

American Athlete

Sam Underwood

The special relationship between twins is that, if there's anyone else in the world that's going to get or be the confidant that you need, it's an identical twin.

British Actor

Bill Pullman

Sometimes you fall into the niche of being the confidant guy, or the good-looking guy, or being too charactery, or not charactery enough.

American Actor

Jerry Harrison

I've become increasingly confidant in following intuitions ahead of thoughts as I produce more records.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

English Politician

Benny Gantz

A country is not managed through cousins and confidants.

Israeli Politician

Using 'confidant' implies a deep level of trust and intimacy between people.

Trust Implied

'Confidant' suggests a person has only a few they can truly confide in.

Selected Few

A confidant often provides emotional support during tough times.

Emotional Support

In literature, a confidant is used to develop the protagonist's character.

Literary Role

A confidant in stories may help progress the plot with their advice.

Plot Device

Literary confidants are often used to reveal the inner thoughts of protagonists.

Inner Thoughts

 in terms of children and social status and succession and companionship. But now we want our partner to still give us all these things, but in addition I want you to be my best friend and my trusted confidant and my passionate lover to boot, and we live twice as long.

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