#friend

But it's like no matter how much energy you pour into getting to the station on time, or getting on the right train, there's still no guarantee that anybody's gonna be there for you to pick you up when you get there. ↗

— Nancy Oliver

#friends #pessimism #rely #pessimism

Sometimes I guess it just feels better to know that you have someone to help you when you can’t even help yourself. ~ Willow Mosby (Exposing ELE) ↗

— Rebecca Gober

#exposing-ele #friends #grief #heartache #helping-others

Now here's Amy Pond, standing in the freezing ocean, holding the body of her imaginary friend, and shouting at the sea to make him better. Yeah. If only my therapists could see me now. ↗

— James Goss

#doctor-who #imaginary-friends #therapists #doctor-who

If you’d rather skip lunch, that’s fine with me. I’ve got some things to take care of anyway before I can leave the store to Robin for the weekend.” “I don’t want to skip lunch,” he bit out. “I’m starving.” Her temper got the better of her. “Fine, but if you plan on snapping at me the whole time then I’d just as soon you eat alone.” His gaze darkened. “I’m not snapping.” She poked him in the chest. “Yes, you are.” Leo started to speak, then paused and let out a huge breath. “Sorry. Damn, I’m just having one of those days.” Amanda smiled and patted his cheek. “You can tell me all about it over a bowl of fettuccine. ↗

— Anne Rainey

#friends-to-lovers #erotic-romance

Holding myself to perfectionistic standards, I used to think I had to become lifelong friends with everyone who entered my life. This was exhausting, and I now know it’s not true. I believe the old saying that people come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime.” (127) ↗

— Jenni Schaefer

#friends #people #love

Did you ever think about boys?' I say, staring up into the dark. 'There wasn't room,' she whispers, and her voice is unbelievably sad. 'At first, after Connor, I was just waiting. I was going to get a new boyfriend soon- as soon as I was prettier or better, more perfect. But after a while there was no room for anything else. If I though about kissing or sex, I just started feeling ugly, too awful for anything good. ↗

— Brenna Yovanoff

#boys #dialogue #eating-disorder #ghost #sad

No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#reading-books

My only friends were boys, and I was just one more of them. ↗

— Victoria Abril

#i #just #just one #more #only

I mean, my dad's a television producer, and I knew I could get a job as an assistant or a reader with one of his friends, but it wasn't exactly what I wanted to do. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#could #dad #exactly #friends #get

I've had the same friends since I was in kindergarten. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#had #i #kindergarten #same #since