“the world is not a pleasant place to be without someone to hold and be held by.”
―
Nikki Giovanni
“And
he knew that at that moment, they understood each other perfectly, and when he
told her what he was going to do now, she would not say ‘be careful’ or ‘don’t
do it’, but she would accept his decision because she would not have expected
anything less of him.”
―
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
“Soul
connections are not often found and are worth every bit of fight left in you to
keep.”
―
Shannon Alder
“If
there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship
rather than love.”
―
Michel de Montaigne
“You're
getting into some kind of shape, cop."
Aw,
come on, now." Butch grinned. "Don't let that shower we took go to
your head."
Rhage
fired a towel at the male. "Just pointing out your beer gut's gone."
It
was a Scotch pot. And I don't miss it.”
―
J.R. Ward, Lover Eternal
“Then
wake up my sweet, wake up knowing that
your future is to be happy, and that your heart will heal.”
―
Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
“Anyone
who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.”
―
Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
“Oh,
the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having
neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as
they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and
sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness,
blow the rest away.”
―
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, A Life For A Life
“The
only true test of friendship is the time your friend spends on you.”
―
John Marsden, Circle of Flight
“There
it was, Eve supposed. There was the answer to why people got tangled up with
people. Because when you were down, when you were wallowing, someone you
mattered to would ask if you were okay.”
―
J.D. Robb, Promises in Death
“It
may...be judged indecent in me to come forward on this occasion; but when I see
a fellow-creature about to perish through the cowardice of her pretended
friends, I wish to be allowed to speak, that I may say what I know of her
character.”
―
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
“You
know, Jacob, if it weren’t for the fact that we’re natural enemies and that
you’re also trying to steal away the reason for my existence, I might actually
like you.”
―
Stephenie Meyer, Eclipse
“It
is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.”
―
Siddhārtha Gautama
“If
you walked away from a
toxic,
negative, abusive,
one-sided,
dead-end
low
vibrational
relationship
or friendship
—
you won.”
―
Lalah Delia
“The
most intriguing people you will encounter in this life are the people who had
insights about you, that you didn't know about yourself.”
―
Shannon L. Alder
“There
can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.”
―
Samuel Johnson
“If
you're my friend I should be able to talk to you but I can't, and if I can't
talk to you, well, what is the point of you? Of us?”
―
David Nicholls, One Day
“You
know why people pair up into couples? Because being a human is fucking
terrifying. But it's a hell of a lot easier if you're not doing it by
yourself.”
―
Alice Oseman, Loveless
“Blackness.
Nothingness. It was in the shape of a giant, hazy shadow, enveloping me,
swallowing me, and digesting me into the unknown. It was my biggest fear and my
ultimate fate.”
―
Misty Mount, The Shadow Girl
“My
shadow serves as the friend I crave.”
―
Anna Akhmatova
“You
cannot save people who do not want to be saved," said Magnus. "You
can only stand by their side and hope that when they wake and realize they need
saving, you will be there to help them.”
―
Cassandra Clare, Chain of Iron
“It
is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that
they will help us.”
―
Epicurus
“This
is what I miss, Cordelia: not something that’s gone, but something that will
never happen. Two old women giggling over their tea.”
―
Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye
“...you'll
find that being a friend is to like a person for who they are, even the parts
you don't understand. You don't have to understand, or do the same, or live
their lives for them. If you truly care for them, then you want them to be who
they are; that was why you liked them in the first place.”
―
Terry Goodkind
