#ps

Well, in the meantime, Carter and I have been discussing the matter of Ryan." This time it wasn't the clang of a pan I heard, but instead a messy smack--the contact of Carter's backhand with Dean's head, I presumed. "Just hear me out. You have options. I have an Italian uncle. He'll make sure Ryan is sleeping with the fishes by next week." "Dean!" Unable to repress my amusement, my eyes flew wide and my grin grew. "Either that, or we can go all Sweeney Todd on him and--" "Oh, will you stop?" My laughter was crippling. "There will be no calls to your uncle and no trip to the barber shop--please, leave Sweeney Todd out of it. ↗

— Rachael Wade

#contemporary-romance #friendship #love #loyalty #preservation

In the mainstream, with its illusion of unlimited relational possibilities, we can counter dissatisfaction in relationships by simply moving on in search of the "right people." But community...demands we cultivate friendships with people we might not choose ordinarily. Founding friendship on commitment rather than "chemistry" often requires adjustment...At the end of the day, however, we have found that any loss of chemistry in relationships is more than made up for with gains in meaning. ↗

— Jose Panate-Aceves and John Hayes

#fellowship #friendship #relationships #friendship

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

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

Well, honey, once you've been head-over-heels in love with somebody, you don't go back to being 'friends'. It doesn't work that way. - Megan's Dad ↗

— Lauren Baker

#friendship #love #relationships #sweet #family

But certainly not everyday you can find someone who wants to have a monogamous relationship ↗

— Emily Giffin

#lovers #relationships #friendship

I think how breakups can bring out the worst in the best people, and part of being upset is mouthing off crap you don’t mean. ↗

— Daria Snadowsky

#fights #friendships #friendship

In a world full of cynics, critics, and competitors, we get to choose instead to be cheerleaders for others. ↗

— Shelley Hendrix

#friendship #humility #identity #identity-in-christ #relationships

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

#friend #friends #friendship #friendships #trust-friends-betrayal

It's just that no one wants to be the one being rescued, we all want to do the rescuing. ↗

— Steven Brust

#relationships #rescue #friendship