“To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.”
Source: Letters from a Stoic
“... it is strange to know you would be cast off by the people who greet you so warmly, if they knew the whole truth about you.”
Source: Sorcerer to the Crown
“Well, I know what you feel for Jeb. And it’s simple and pure. You two have been friends since the day you met. And it grew into something more. That’s a tangible thing, Butterfly. And so rare. The best kind of love.”
Source: Ensnared
“Part of not being a self-centered asshole, Colin reasoned, is doing things with your friends even when you don't want to.”
Source: An Abundance of Katherines
“What are acquaintance for, if not to supply the pleasures of gossip?”
Source: Sorcerer to the Crown
“Just as we shine the light of scrutiny on those around us, so must we also use it to illuminate our own lives”
Source: The Happiness Tree: Grow Your Happiness by Cultivating a Healthy, Creative and Purposeful Life
“I shrug. I don't really need to explain this to Aaron. He's been demoted from most important friend to friend, and he's going to have to earn that, even. And you know what else? I don't owe people anything, and I don't have to talk to them any more than I feel I need to.”
Source: It's Kind of a Funny Story
“Love fuels a happy soul.”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“I need to buy some postcards to send to Mom and Dad,' said Ian, heading up the steas to the Captain's Quill Bookshop. 'I also want to send some funny ones to Jackson and some of my other friends.'
'I'll get one for my mom,' said Zoe.
But as she sorted through the postcards, she remembered her mom was travling all summer without a fixed address, and email was a no-go because Granddad didn't own a computer. She didn't have the addresses of any of her friends with her, either-not that she had many friends.”
Source: The Glass Puzzle
“There is something wonderful about old friends. They know everything about you, have been a part of your life for so long, that you can seamlessly pick up right where you left off.”
Source: It Happens for a Reason