“Men cast their wives and girlfriends to play best friend, lover, career advisor, stylist, social secretary, emotional cheerleader, mom—to him, their future kids, or both—and eventually, on-call therapist minus the $200/hour fee), this form of emotional gold digging is not only detrimental to men, it…”— Melanie Hamlett, harpersbazaar.com
“If you show people the real you, you will not only make friends, but you will make the right friends.”— Carol Barbee, Nicole Reese, Alisha Wainwright, imdb.com
“Life is not easy. It’s hard to say, 'I care about you.' But it is not hard at all to make boxed brownies.”— Henry Dawson, bonappetit.com
“Friendship capital isn’t tit-for-tat; it’s complicated, delicate, and ultimately unknowable.”— Charlotte Cowles, thecut.com
“I know you. I know your strengths, I know your weaknesses.”— Larry Charles, Doug Ellin, Eric Murphy, Kevin Connolly, imdb.com
“Hey, I realized that this friendship is, it's fools gold.”— John Solomon, Michael Patrick O'Brien, Principal Durbin, Patton Oswalt, imdb.com
“Though I do worry hanging out is a gateway drug to harder stuff.”— Dan Klein, Lynette, Elizabeth Alderfer, imdb.com
“So that’s a long-term personal goal for you: Find the freaks and the overenthusiastic puppies. Treat them well. Overshare with oversharers.”— Heather Havrilesky, thecut.com
“What kind of friendship is based on lies? And manslaughter?”— Kate Robin, Steve Wood, James Marsden, imdb.com
“We come in peace but we don't come in pieces.”— Chance The Rapper, Taylor Bennett, CocoRosie, open.spotify.com
“Suddenly, the whole world goes dark and nothing else matters except the person standing in front of you.”— Sam Levinson, Rue Bennett, Zendaya, imdb.com
“You are free. You are real. You are blameless. You are whole. You can want things. There is no moral to this story.”— Heather Havrilesky, thecut.com
“Female friendship is tricky. Friends arrive. Friends fade. Friends get jealous! Friends fight!”— Liana Satenstein, vogue.com
“We're in this life together, tethered to each other, fumbling and trying to find our way...”— Daniell Koepke, amazon.com
“Jess: I can't believe I've known you 20 years. And, you're still my favorite person to talk to. Cece: You're my favorite person to talk to.”— Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, Noah Garfinkel, Sophia Lear, Cecilia "Cece" Parikh, Jessica "Jess" Day, Hannah Simone, Zooey Deschanel, imdb.com
“According to recent survey by Credit Karma, 40 percent of millennials have gone into debt to keep up with their friends.”— Amanda Richards, instyle.com
“I’m not one to have hundreds of social media friends. My circle of friends is fairly small. So to have women whom I’d known five or ten years meet my cancer news with silence was heartbreaking.”— Rachel Garlinghouse, scarymommy.com