“I think I fell in love with her, a little bit. Isn’t that dumb? But it was like I knew her. Like she was my oldest, dearest friend. The kind of person you can tell anything to, no matter how bad, and they’ll still love you, because they know you. I wanted to go with her. I wanted her to notice me. A…”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com
“I've spent most of my life and most of my friendships holding my breath and hoping that when people get close enough they won't leave, and fearing that it's a matter of time before they figure me out and go.”— Shauna Niequist, amazon.com
“...Once you've been head-over-heels in love with somebody, you don't go back to being 'friends'. It doesn't work that way.”— Lauren Baker, amazon.com
“What did the two boobs say to each other? We are going to be breast friends. Badum tits.”— NoobieElf, reddit.com
“I wish I never fell so deep in love with you and now it ain't no way we can be friends.”— Trey Songz, open.spotify.com
“One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night.”— Margaret Mead, goodreads.com
“Every gathering has its moment. As an adult, I distract myself by trying to identify it, dreading the inevitable downswing that is sure to follow. The guests will repeat themselves one too many times, or you'll run out of dope or liquor and realize that it was all you ever had in common.”— David Sedaris, amazon.com
“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature. My attachments are always excessively strong.”— Jane Austen, amazon.com
“The people we surround ourselves with either raise or lower our standards. They either help us to become the-best-version-of-ourselves or encourage us to become lesser versions of ourselves.”— Matthew Kelly, amazon.com
“Maybe there aren’t any such things as good friends or bad friends - maybe there are just friends, people who stand by you when you’re hurt and who help you feel not so lonely. Maybe they’re always worth being scared for, and hoping for, and living for. Maybe worth dying for too, if that’s what has t…”— Stephen King, amazon.com
“That’s what friends do: they notice things. They’re there for each other. They see what parents don’t.”— Nina LaCour, amazon.com
“True friendship is when two friends can walk in opposite directions, yet remain side by side.”— Josh Grayson, amazon.com
“...that’s what friends do: they notice things. They’re there for each other. They see what parents don’t.”— Nina LaCour, amazon.com
“New friends can often have a better time together than old friends.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com
“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, amazon.com
“Just because I've gone and snagged myself a hot boyfriend doesn't mean I'm going to leave my best friend high and dry.”— Becca Fitzpatrick, amazon.com
“I don't want to feel this way around him. I want things to be normal. I want to be his friend, not another stupid girl holding out for something that will never happen”— Stephanie Perkins, amazon.com