#friend

She stopped and leant her elbows against the parapet of the embankment. He did likewise. There is at times a magic in identity of position; it is one of the things that have suggested to us eternal comradeship. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#friendship

The classics tell us that, in relationships, the one between teacher and student comes second only to the one between parent and child. ↗

— Lisa See

#love #friendship

We were each other's rock. But did it make us each other's destiny? ↗

— Rachel Hawthorne

#friendship #lindsey-lancaster #love #friendship

I want some one to sit beside after the day's pursuit and all its anguish, after its listening, its waitings, and its suspicions. After quarreling and reconciliation I need privacy--to be alone with you, to set this hubbub in order. For I am as neat as a cat in my habits. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#companionship #friendship #peace #privacy #quietness

Never hold resentments for the person who tells you what you need to hear; count them among your truest, most caring, and valuable friends. ↗

— Mike Norton

#brotherhood #envy #friend #friendship #need

This is what I miss, Cordelia: not something that’s gone, but something that will never happen. Two old women giggling over their tea. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#women #friendship

An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#advice #caring #caring-for-others #companion #constructive-criticism

Their love for me was both a myth and a torture and so I wrecked everything. I hurt them, and I left them hurting. ↗

— Robert Goolrick

#hurt #love #sad #friendship

I'm not that bad,” he said. “I'm rich, popular. I have a sense of humor. I'm good looking, and not to mention I have a really big— ↗

— J.M. Darhower

#humor #love #personality #friendship

This is what I want so don't be sad. ↗

— Nina LaCour

#love #regret #sad #suicide #suicide-note