Seeking Solace: 63 Literary Quotes On The Beauty of Nature

“When we hold each other, in the darkness, it doesn't make the darkness go away. The bad things are still out there. The nightmares still walking. When we hold each other we feel not safe, but better. 'It's all right' we whisper, 'I'm here, I love you.' and we lie: 'I'll never leave you.' For just a…”

— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com

“I’ve learned a lot this year.. I learned that things don’t always turn our the way you planned, or the way you think they should. And I’ve learned that there are things that go wrong that don’t always get fixed or get put back together the way they were before. I’ve learned that some broken things s…”

— Jennifer Weiner, amazon.com

“In every bit of honest writing in the world, there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love. There are shorter means, many of them. There is writing promoting social cha…”

— John Steinbeck, amazon.com

“The people in your life who truly matter will never admonish you for changing. Instead, they will build you up; they will inspire and motivate you. They will understand that you are striving to be more for yourself, and they will admire you for that; because at the end of the day, change is somethin…”

— Bianca Sparacino, thoughtcatalog.com

“Turning my back on Malcolm was one of the mistakes that I regret most in my life. I wish I’d been able to tell Malcolm I was sorry, that he was right about so many things. But he was killed before I got the chance. He was a visionary ahead of us all…. I might never have become a Muslim if it hadn’t…”

— Muhammad Ali, balee-dat.tumblr.com

“Dana: I don't get it. I mean, what does Shane have that I don't have? Tina: It has to do with her attitude. Dana: I've got attitude! Marina: It's because she's so withholding. Tina: No. It's because she's so confident. Dana: No, it's because she's so STUPID and stupid people are too dumb to be insec…”

— Kathy Greenberg, Ilene Chaiken, Dana Fairbanks, Erin Daniels, imdb.com

“The world was a terrible place, cruel, pitiless, dark as a bad dream. Not a good place to live. Only in books could you find pity, comfort, happiness - and love. Books loved anyone who opened them, they gave you security and friendship and didn't ask anything in return; they never went away, never,…”

— Cornelia Funke, amazon.com

“The real test of friendship is can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?”

— Eugene Kennedy, en.wikiquote.org

“Leos are fiercely loyal and some of the most generous friends to have. People are drawn to their enthusiasm and passion in everything they do.”

— Caithlin Pena, thoughtcatalog.com

“A guy needs somebody―to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya, I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick.”

— John Steinbeck, amazon.com

“I'd like to start it out from the bottom and build with ya Be on my last dollar and split the bill with ya”

— Kendrick Lamar, open.spotify.com

“If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.”

— Stephen Fry, amazon.com

“You think you know someone. But mostly you just know what you want to know.”

— Joe Hill, amazon.com

“Lonely was much better than alone.”

— Toni Morrison, amazon.com

“That’s the thing, isn’t it? About friendships. You don’t know what he needs. You only know he needs it.”

— Jack Thorne, Delphi, amazon.com

“Bye Abbi, I'll see you when you wake up... And if you don't wake up, I'll still see you 'cause I'm gonna kill myself and meet you in Heaven or whatever.'”

— Ilana Grazer, amazon.com

“You guys might not know this, but I consider myself a bit of a loner. I tend to think of myself as a one-man wolf pack. But when my sister brought Doug home, I knew he was one of my own. And my wolf pack... it grew by one. So there... there were two of us in the wolf pack... I was alone first in the…”

— Alan, amazon.com

“I regret opening up to some people; they didn’t deserve to know me like that.”

— Anonymous, explores.me

“Nancy: 'What did she even eat?' Mike: 'What?' Nancy: 'Eleven.' Mike: 'Oh... candy, leftovers, Eggo's... she really likes Eggo's.'”

— Ross Duffer, Matt Duffer, Mike Wheeler, Finn Wolfhard, netflix.com

“Are you deaf? I thought we were friends, you know? But friends tell each other the truth. And they definitely don't lie to each other. You made me think that Will was okay; that he was still out there but he wasn't! He wasn't. Maybe you thought you were helping but you weren't. You hurt me, do you u…”

— Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Mike Wheeler, Finn Wolfhard, netflix.com

“We never would've upset you if we knew you had superpowers.”

— Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Dustin Henderson, Gaten Matarazzo, netflix.com

“Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.”

— Veronica Roth, amazon.com

“Friends share secrets, that's what keeps us close.”

— Allison, amazon.com

“If one's friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not in fact his friends.”

— Dean Koontz, amazon.com

“We struggle so hard to hold on to these things that we know are gonna disappear eventually. And that’s really noble.”

— Lily Aldrin, amazon.com

“I hate everyone who loves me.”

— Lena Dunham, Hannah Horvath, amazon.com

“When I look at both of you, a Coldplay song plays in my heart.”

— Lena Dunham, Hannah Horvath, amazon.com

“In order to avoid these misplaced, tangled feelings, stop ‘hanging out.’ You are not supposed to be BFFs and then also have a no strings attached relationship. That’s just not possible! You have to take serious precautions to make sure your lives don’t intertwine beyond the physical!”

— Riya Roy, newlovetimes.com

“He becomes your dad’s buddy and hangs out with him a lot.”

— June, everafterguide.com

“One thing people overlook is that friends can be anywhere. They don’t have to have the same diet or music taste or politics as you. They don’t have to be your age or your color or your class... Making friends can be one of the scariest fucking things you’ll ever do, but once you have them they’ll he…”

— Adam Gnade, amazon.com