#hip

It's sweet and everything, but it's like you're not even there sometimes. It's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms or something like that? You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things." "Like what?" I asked. My mouth was dry. "I don't know. Like take their hands when the slow song comes up for a change. Or be the one who asks someone for a date. Or tell people what you need. Or what you want. ↗

— Stephen Chbosky

#being-confident #being-in-love #being-strong #being-yourself #how-to-get-a-girl

They had battled and bloodied one another, they had kept secrets, broken hearts, lied, betrayed, exiled, they had walked away, said goodbye and sworn it was forever, and somehow, every time, they had mended, they had forgiven, they had survived. Some mistakes could never be fixed - some, but not all. Some people can't be driven away, no matter how hard you try. Some friendships won't break. ↗

— Robin Wasserman

#end-of-series #friendship #greed #robin-wasserman #sad

A few said they'd be horses. Most said they'd be some sort of cat. My friend said she'd like to come back as a porcupine. I don't like crowds, she said. ↗

— Brian Andreas

#humor #story-people #friendship

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, and compassion ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#love #philosophy #women #friendship

Your job is to focus on my personal happiness, she said, & I've got big plans, so break time is over. ↗

— Brian Andreas

#humor #story-people #friendship

You might be looking for reasons but there are no reasons. ↗

— Nina LaCour

#love #reason #regret #suicide #friendship

Life is real, not ideal. ↗

— Heather Muzik

#keep-on-going #life #life-and-living #life-experience #life-lessons

After losing my job, I felt the only options available to me were razors, cyanide, or a shot to the face, until Renaldo, being the good friend that he is, reminded me how to tie a noose.
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— Jarod Kintz

#friendship #guns #hanging #job #jobless

I finally faced the fact that it isn`t a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#problems #friendship

The Girlfriend 911 Proven Program: 1) How to stop making decisions based on the fear of being alone 
 2) How to set standards and boundaries and avoid being taken for granted 3)How your “Smartphone” can lead to not-so-smart relationship decisions 4)How your actions can actually cause the opposite reaction you’re hoping for 5)How to spell out exactly what you want from the relationship 6)How to really deal with a man who can’t commit – without compromise ↗

— Jacquee Kahn

#dating-tips #ebooks #men-who-can-t-commit #relationship-advice #relationship-expert