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“I’m not built for long-term romance. But you are my long-term unromance, my dearest friend, my family.”

Book:When the World Tips Over

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Jandy Nelson

Jandy Nelson is an American writer known for her young adult literature, which often delves into the emotional and identity struggles of adolescence, resonating with readers across generations. more

“What is the thing that happens in a friendship that isn't an absence of sex? The thing added, that's maybe only between women. Not a matter of our organs or whether we were born with them or what we do with them. It's this: a particular kind of glory that happens when we share our suffering and are seen. There's a rising - a cry, a rush, a beating of wings together. An exaltation. I'm loath to connect womanness with suffering, or suffering with greatness, but there it is.”

Suffering Women Friendship Connection

Book:They're Going to Love You

Source: They're Going to Love You

“It was a good night. The kind of good night that I hadn't had in awhile. The kind of good that stuck to your bones, thick and warm, and coated your soul in light. Good food, with good friends.”

Friendship Food Little Things Good Night

Book:The Seven Year Slip

Source: The Seven Year Slip

“Hopefully, you found some happiness, some way to be in the world with people who welcomed you home, who would check in on you when things got bad, who challenged you because they cared.”

Friendship Friends Caring

Book:All Friends Are Necessary

Source: All Friends Are Necessary

“Let's go for it," said Rachel. "I can do anything when my best friend's along for the ride!”

Friendship Friends Best Friend

Book:Bonnie the Bike-Riding Fairy

Source: Bonnie the Bike-Riding Fairy

“A conviction of superiority is not, after all, a good beginning for friendship.”

Friendship Racism Superiority

Book:Women of the Raj

Source: Women of the Raj

“We'd made a pact eight years ago to pass away in our sleep together, holding hands, in the retirement home we'd spent a decade wreaking awesome havoc on. Like the chaotic best friend version of The Notebook.”

Friendship Friendship Goals

Book:Failure to Match

Source: Failure to Match

“Is your friendship moving toward affection, or is it settled in obligation? Does your friendship honor the individual or debase him as a charity case? Is your desire for this person’s good zealous, or is it half-hearted?”

Love Desire Individual Friendship Affection Goals Honour

Book:Love the Ones Who Drive You Crazy: Eight Truths for Pursuing Unity in Your Church

Source: Love the Ones Who Drive You Crazy: Eight Truths for Pursuing Unity in Your Church

“Time spent in the company of others is very therapeutic, while time spent brooding alone only increases a feeling of separation.”

Friendship Lonely Loneliness

Author:Ryan Gosling

“A flower only continues to grow if you keep watering it.”

Love Life Inspirational Philosophy Wisdom Friendship Relationship Quote Flowers Grow

Author:Giovannie de Sadeleer

“True friends don't leave old friends for new friends.”

Friendship Friendship Quotes

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