#ip

It's b******* to think of friendship and romance being different. They're not. They're just variations of the same love. Variatons of the same desire to be close. ↗

— David Levithan

#love #romance #friendship

The foundation of adult trust is not "You will never hurt me." It is "I trust myself with whatever you do. ↗

— David Richo

#david-richo #friendship #love #nonfiction #relationships

Friends are how God apologizes for your family."---Mike ↗

— Tom Leveen

#family

We met less than a week ago and in that time I've done nothing but lie and cheat and betray you. I know. But if you give me a chance...all I want is to protect you. To be near you. For as long as I'm able. ↗

— Marissa Meyer

#chances #friendship #intstalove-done-right #lies #love

That's what friends do: they notice things. They're there for each other. They see what parents don't. ↗

— Nina LaCour

#hold-still #friendship

And you, Mom. I loved you. You've asked if i felt and understood that you loved me. of course I did. And you know this. I loved your love because it kept me safe and happy and wanted, and it existed beyond words and hugs and eyes. ↗

— Lisa Genova

#love #mother #family

Life was good. Everything was going right. It was almost scaring him because usually when things were going this well it was the calm before the storm hit. ↗

— Michelle Sutton

#marriage #family

...workplace dynamics are no less complicated or unexpectedly intense than family relations, with only the added difficulty that whereas families are at least well-recognised and sanctioned loci for hysteria reminiscent of scenes from Medea, office life typically proceeds behind a mask of shallow cheerfulness, leaving workers grievously unprepared to handle the fury and sadness continually aroused by their colleagues. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#emotions #families #relationships #work #workplace

Sarene finally released him, wiping her eyes, disappointed in herself for crying again. Kiin simply placed a large hand on her shoulder and led her into the dining room, where the rest of the family sat around the table, even Adien. Lukel had been talking animatedly, but he cut off as he saw Sarene. "Speak the name of the lion," he said, quoting a Jindoeese proverb, "and he will come to feast. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#family

Twenty years after we had left so fierce and proud, we were all right back where we had started, yoked to each other and the same old drama. ↗

— Dorothy Allison

#family