“Surround yourself with smart, dedicated people - to build something isn’t a one-man show. It’s more important to have smart people who really believe in what you’re doing than really experienced people who may not share your dream.”— Joseph J. Thomson, jaanekyon.tumblr.com
“You should show encouragement whenever you can. People try harder when they know that someone cares about them.”— Stephanie Perkins, amazon.com
“You need to keep people close. You need to give them access to your heart.”— Mitch Albom, amazon.com
“I have a habit of falling in love with souls who have yet to be at peace with their bodies, their minds, their weaknesses. I try to build them, to find the parts of them that are missing in me. I end up with holes in my chest.”— Farah Gabdon, thegabdonwrites.tumblr.com
“There are times when I am convinced I am unfit for any human relationship.”— Franz Kafka, amazon.com
“You’re the only person I’ve ever met who seems to have the faintest conception of what I mean when I say a thing.”— Virginia Woolf, amazon.com
“This is how it works. Everything is connected. Every choice matters. Every person is vital, and valuable, and worthy of respect.”— Deborah Wiles, amazon.com
“What we all want, really, is to be loved. That craving drives our worst behavior.”— Jodi Picoult, amazon.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
“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.”— Muhammad Ali, amazon.com
“How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and trust; to give your soul in confidence: I need this, I need someone to pour myself into.”— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com
“It was only the other night everything was fine and the next thing I know I’m drowning. How many times can a man go down and still be alive? I can’t breathe.”— Ray Bradbury, amazon.com
“All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.”— Tahereh Mafi, amazon.com
“I never realized what a big deal that was. How amazing it is to find someone who wants to hear about all the things that go on in your head.”— Nina LaCour, amazon.com
“Nobody can avoid falling in love. They might want to deny it, but friendship is probably the most common form of love.”— Stieg Larsson, amazon.com
“I never realized what a big deal that was. How amazing it is to find someone who wants to hear about all the things that go on in your head.”— Nina LaCour, amazon.com
“Sometimes I have the strangest feeling about you. Especially when you are near me as you are now. It feels as though I had a string tied here under my left rib where my heart is, tightly knotted to you in a similar fashion. And when you go, with all that distance between us, I am afraid that this co…”— Charlotte Brontë, amazon.com
“And sometimes you held somebody’s hand just to prove that you were still alive, and that another human being was there to testify that fact.”— Rainbow Rowell, amazon.com
“The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship.”— Deborah Tannen, amazon.com