#friendships

Friendships that have stood the test of time and change are surely best. ↗

— Joseph Parry

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My hates have always occupied my mind much more actively and have given greater spiritual satisfactions than my friendships. ↗

— Westbrook Pegler

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Here’s what I learned about life when we were going through that. We’re all human and mortal. We’re all going to suffer and die. But it’s how we are with each other during those times that proves God’s here with us.” He turned his hand over in mine and entwined our fingers. “He comes in through people. People who love us anyway. They jump right into the chaos with us and try to help us make sense of it. That’s what mercy is…it’s choosing to help, or forgive, or love even when it goes against all logic. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#faith #family-relationships #friendships #glass-girl #god

If there is a particular person in your life that is repeatedly choosing not to honor you and is causing you more sadness or pain than they are joy - it might be time to release that friendship back to God and trust that it is not where you belong. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#friends #friendships #god #honoring-yourself #joy

...I also have an extended family. The people who stayed. The people who became more than friends; the people who open the door when I knock. That's what it all boils down to. The people who have to open the door, not because they always want to but because they do. ↗

— Diane Keaton

#friendships #family

Our happiness is completely and utterly intertwined with other people: family and friends and neighbors and the woman you hardly notice who cleans your office. Happiness is not a noun or verb. It's a conjunction. Connective tissue. ↗

— Eric Weiner

#friendships #happiness #relationships #family

You and I are so different: I am one word at a time one foot in front of the other, slowly, always testing how surely footing is before proceeding to the next sentence with ruminative breaks for buttered toast and coffee. ↗

— Carlene Bauer

#relationships #friendship

It makes me think that a marriage of true minds - to again quote Shakespeare - is in many ways just dumb luck. ↗

— Carlene Bauer

#marriage #relationships #friendship

Friendship is something that gets harder to understand, every damn year of my life.Friendship is like a kind of algebra test that nobody passes. In my worst moods, I think the best you can say is that a friend is anyone you don't despise. ↗

— Gregory David Roberts

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Sounds like a plan. I owe Tammy a big thank-you.” Ty sighed. “I think I’m too old for this bachelor party crap.” “We’ll be planning yours soon enough.” That was so not appealing, Ty was almost scared. “Let’s just go fishing and call it good.” “Done. ↗

— Erin McCarthy

#friendships #marriage #friendship