“I no longer have the energy for meaningless friendships, forced interactions or unnecessary conversations. If we don’t vibrate on the same frequency there’s just no reason for us to waste our time. I’d rather have no one and wait for substance than to not feel someone and fake the funk.”— Joquesse Eugenia, instagram.com
“Why are old lovers able to become friends? Two reasons. They never truly loved each other, or they love each other still.”— Whitney Otto, amazon.com
“I hold this to be the highest task of a bond between two people: that each should stand guard over the solitude of the other.”— Rainer Maria Rilke, 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
“You promise to stay in touch with people, but it doesn’t work out. It never does. And you forget about what the friendship used to be like, why you liked that person. And I hated it.”— Morgan Matson, amazon.com
“In life, always strive to be the kind of person who can see humans at their worst and still love them, because that is when they need love the most.”— Nikita Gill, thoughtcatalog.com
“I want deeper connections with the people around me. I need to reach out more. Because not everyone leaves. Sometimes if you reach out, the person you’re trying to reach will be right there waiting.”— Susane Colasanti, amazon.com
“True friendship is when two friends can walk in opposite directions, yet remain side by side.”— Josh Grayson, amazon.com
“Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying you’re friends is easy. Being friends is not.”— David Levithan, amazon.com
“I hate how the people who really get you are the ones you can never hold on to for very long. And the ones who don’t understand you at all stick around.”— Marisha Pessl, 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
“I understand you, and I shall not attempt to make you change your mind… I have told you what I think, and that is all. I shall remain your friend even if you act contrary to my convictions, and I shall help you even if I disagree with you.”— Milan Kundera, goodreads.com