O, the comfort -- the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe 
with a person, 
Having neither to weigh thoughts, 
Nor measure words -- but pouring them right out -- just as they 
are -- 
Chaff and grain together, 
Certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them -- 
Keep what is worth keeping -- 
And with the breath of kindness blow the rest away. 

-- Friendship, Dinah Craik