#friend

Moments of quiet friendship are what make life-everyone's life-grand ↗

— Luis Carlos Montalván

#friendship

If you have but one friend, make sure you choose her well. ↗

— Muriel Barbery

#friendship

Love is friendship set to music. ↗

— Jackson Pollock

#love #music #friendship

Is there some lesson on how to be friends? I think what it means is that central to living a life that is good is a life that's forgiving. We're creatures of contact regardless of whether we kiss or we wound. Still, we must come together. Though it may spell destruction, we still ask for more-- since it beats staying dry but so lonely on shore. So we make ourselves open while knowing full well it's essentially saying "please, come pierce my shell. ↗

— David Rakoff

#friendship #inspirational #npr #the-scorpion-and-the-tortoise #this-american-life

and it is hard to let go, to imagine alternatives, but you are bold with unknowing, you are ready to explore. ↗

— Terra Elan McVoy

#growth #loss #love #friendship

It's b******* to think of friendship and romance being different. They're not. They're just variations of the same love. Variatons of the same desire to be close. ↗

— David Levithan

#love #romance #friendship

The foundation of adult trust is not "You will never hurt me." It is "I trust myself with whatever you do. ↗

— David Richo

#david-richo #friendship #love #nonfiction #relationships

Friends are how God apologizes for your family."---Mike ↗

— Tom Leveen

#family

We met less than a week ago and in that time I've done nothing but lie and cheat and betray you. I know. But if you give me a chance...all I want is to protect you. To be near you. For as long as I'm able. ↗

— Marissa Meyer

#chances #friendship #intstalove-done-right #lies #love

That's what friends do: they notice things. They're there for each other. They see what parents don't. ↗

— Nina LaCour

#hold-still #friendship