#hip

I wanted..." I said. "I know," he said. "I know. Apparently the world is not a wish-granting factory." That made me smile a little. ↗

— John Green

#friendship

Friendship is just love that has yet to sprout wings and take flight. ↗

— Kristen Reed

#fantasy-fiction #fiction #fictional-character #friendship #love

I'm not going to run if you were not running along with me, and I'm not going to walk if you were not walk beside me. ↗

— chawil

#relationships #friendship

Shuddering Tanis stepped back. Raistlin gave the drawstring on the top of the bag a quick jerk, snapping it shut. Then, glancing at them distrustfully, he slipped the bag within his robes, secreting it in one of his numerous hidden pockets, and begun to turn away. But Tanis stopped him. "Things can never again be the same between us, can they?" the half-elf asked quietly. Raistlin looked at him for a moment, and Tanis saw a brief flicker of regret in the young mage's eyes, a longing for trust and friendship and return to the days of youth. "No," Raistilin whispered. "But such was the price I paid. ↗

— Margaret Weis

#friendship

As a lord was held for the strength of his body and stoutness of heart. Much lore he learned, and loved wisdom but fortune followed him in few desires; oft wrong and awry what he wrought turned; what he loved he lost, what he longed for he won not; and full friendship he found not easily, nor was lightly loved for his looks were sad. He was gloom-hearted, and glad seldom for the sundering sorrow that filled his youth... (On Turin Turambar - The Children of Hurin) ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#tolkien #tragedy #friendship

Meeting another human is always a sacred event. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#friendship #friendship

Friendship doesn't have anything to do with shoring up weakness. It has to do with respect and consideration for those you care about. It has to do with wanting to give something back to those you admire. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#friendship

He was able to love them again, but he loved them now in a wiser way, knowing their weakness. ↗

— William Steig

#love #friendship

Christ became our Brother in order to help us. Through him our brother has become Christ for us in the power and authority of the commission Christ has given him. Our brother stands before us the sign of the truth and the grace of God. He has been given to us to help us. He hears the confession of our sins in Christ's stead and he forgives our sins in Christ's name. He keeps the secret of our confession as God keeps it. When I go to my brother to confess, I am going to God. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#god #spiritual-friendship #faith

Every relationship that has hit a crossroads has asked, “What is it that you want from me? ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#boyfriend #break-ups #crossroads #divorce #family