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“But it's like no matter how much energy you pour into getting to the station on time, or getting on the right train, there's still no guarantee that anybody's gonna be there for you to pick you up when you get there.”

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“As they prepared themselves to go ashore no one doubted in theory that at least a certain percentage of them would remain on the island dead, once they set foot on it. But no one expected to be one of these. Still it was an awesome thought and as the first contingents came struggling up on deck in full gear to form up, all eyes instinctively sought out immediately this island where they were to be put, and left, and which might possibly turn out to be a friend's grave.”

Death Friends Army Instinct Graves Guadalcanal Disembarkation

Book:The Thin Red Line

Source: The Thin Red Line

“Of course what I'm about to share isn't true for me but... Friends, somebody said, are "god's apology for relations." (p. 129)”

Death Family Atheism Friends

Book:Hitch 22: A Memoir

Source: Hitch 22: A Memoir

“I see ridiculous stories about my butt, like how it has been insured. I feel like saying, "Hey, everyone has a butt. It's not that big a deal!" But I suppose it's flattering. Personally, I've always loved the curvy look. Even when I was a little girl and all my friends would be like, "Oh, my god, your butt's so big." And I'd say, "I love it.”

Friends Curvy Kardashian Butts

Author:Kim Kardashian

“See, I was never a guy who had a whole heap of friends to belong to. Besides Greg Fienni, I never really had friends. I kind of stayed on my own. I hated it, but I was proud of it too. Cameron Wolfe needed no one. He didn't need to be amongst a pack. Not all of us roam like that. No, all he needed was his instincts. All he needed was himself.”

Friends Proud Hated Instincts Roam On My Own

Book:Underdog

Source: Underdog

“So, as a seventh grader,no, you weren't friends with people you didnt like. But sometimesyou also werent friends with people you did like, which was complicated, and which didnt make any sence if you tried to explain it. Sometimes things just changed. Thats where the sadness came in.”

Change Sadness Friends Complicated Like Seventh Grade

Author:Lauren Myracle

“For the first time, it struck me that when Denver said he'd be my friend for life, he meant it-for better or for worse. The hell of it was, Mr. Ballantine never wanted a friend, especially a black one. But once Denver committed, he stuck. It reminded me of what Jesus told His disciples 'Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.”

Friends

Book:Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together

Source: Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together

“Books have always been among my most trusted of friends, Mr. Linden replied. The best of them allow the mind to wander wherever the author's musings lead.”

Books Friends

Author:Walter Dean Myers, Mr. Linden's Library

“Darla shook her head, a small smirk on her lips. “You’re such a mom,” she told Katherine. Katherine stared at her, puzzled. “You’re a mom, too,” she said softly. “No, I gave birth. That doesn’t make me a mom. Not like you.” A look passed between the two women like none they had ever shared before. For a split second, Katherine felt a slight connection. “Well, you rest. I’ll check on you later.” She turned and left the room, a funny, unexplainable feeling inside her.”

Women Fiction Friends Aids Moms Widow Virgin Whore

Book:Widow, Virgin, Whore

Source: Widow, Virgin, Whore

“She said she did not tidy up if someone came to see her, for she was that way and if her friends could not accept it they could not accept her. Besides, she said, she know just in which layer were the things she wanted.”

Acceptance Friends Tidy Tidying

Book:Bring me a unicorn: diaries and letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1922-1928

Source: Bring me a unicorn: diaries and letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1922-1928

“We did musical chairs to sit with our partner. Glasses were refilled and heads bent in pairs. Looking over the table, I was suffused with affection for my friends. If you could bottle this warm feeling and turn it into words, I thought, that would be the perfect toast.”

Friends

Author:Kerry Reichs

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