#ends

My sincere thanks to friends and family, especially my mother, father, brother, and Mandy, who continue to love and support me despite my obsessions. ↗

— Jonathan Ball

#embarrassment #friendship #gross #language-barrier #poetry

The decision to move to the second post-college city (or suburb, or town), however, is usually made independent of friends. No matter if you do it for love, career, family, or school, the second move is on your own terms. ↗

— Rachel Bertsche

#post-grad #family

Don’t you find that a terribly romantic idea? Love stealing in to overtake two people who’d believe they were merely friends? ↗

— Cecilia Grant

#family

Do not earn wealth and lose people, for earning people is a way of earning wealth. ↗

— Muhammad Adb Al-Rahman Al-Arifi

#wealth #friendship

I have always loved you, princess," Robin Goodfellow promised, his green eyes shining in the darkness. "I always will. And I'll take whatever you can give me." I looked down, unable to meet his open stare, human fears and self-consciousness coming to the surface. "Even if all I can offer is friendship? Will that still be enough?" "Well, not really." Puck dropped his hand, his voice turning light and carefree again, more like the Puck I knew. "Damn not being able to lie. Princess, if you suddenly decide ice-boy is a first-class jerk and that you can't stand him, I'll always be here. But for now, I'll settle for being the best friend. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#puck #friendship

Your noble friend will not accept pretension but will gently and very firmly confront you with your own blindness. Such friendship is creative and critical; it is willing to negotiate awkward and uneven territories of contradiction and woundedness. ↗

— John O'Donohue

#friendship

Never knew what a friendship was, Never knew how to really love, You can't be what I need you to, & I don't know why I fuck with you ↗

— Erykah Badu

#love #relationships #friendship

There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends. ↗

— Homer

#friendship #home #marriage #friendship

Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned. ↗

— David Gemmell

#honour #love #respect #valour #friendship

You know a real friend? Someone you know will look after your cat after you are gone. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#friends #friendship #friendship