“Friends ask you questions; enemies question you.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“Don't hang out with people who are:
Ungrateful
Unhelpful
Unruly
Unkindly
Unloving
Unambitious
Unmotivated

or make you feel...
Uncomfortable”
― Germany Kent

“Spread love. Hug the people you care about and make sure they know that you care and appreciate them. Make it known to your friends and family that you love them.”
― Germany Kent

“Love without humility results in the inclination to act as everyone's parent, humility without love results in the need to be everyone's child, and love with humility results in the desire to be a friend.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“Today's enemies can be your friends tomorrow. And today's friends can be tomorrow's enemies.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Most men and women born in the fifties or earlier were socialized to believe that marriages and/or committed romantic bonds of any kind should take precedence over all other relationships. Had I been evaluating my relationships from a standpoint that emphasized growth rather than duty and obligation, I would have understood that abuse irreparably undermines bonds. All too often women believe it is a sign of commitment, an expression of love, to endure unkindness or cruelty, to forgive and forget. In actuality, when we love rightly we know that the healthy, loving response to cruelty and abuse is putting ourselves out of harm's way.... Women who would no more tolerate a friendship in which they were emotionally and physically abused stay in romantic relationships where these violations occur regularly. Had they brought to these bonds the same standards they bring to friendship they would not accept victimization.”
― bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

“With a good friend it’s not always how long you knew them, but how well you did.”
― Janet Gurtler The Truth About Us

“Good friends laugh at you, laugh with you, but never laugh behind your back.”
― Saru Singhal

“The most important parts of building a family are "God's Love" and "Meaningful Friendships.”
― Phil Mitchell, A Bright New Morning: An American Story

“Be the person you would want to be friends with.”
― Fakeer Ishavardas

“I hate seeing my friends suffer. I hate seeing anyone suffer.”
― Starr Z. Davies, Unique

“Dear Friend,
You are a like-minded folk, a peppy, merry & hearty being like a basket of joy, a podium of sharing, a spot of weakness, an altar of adoring. Now, we are together more stronger, better and go-ahead. I'm always thankful & blessed. Happy Bonding Forever.”
― Lord Robin

“1) I am like a Bulb, and you my friend is a Switch, when you’re by my side I’ll Shined because I’m alive, but when you’re not I’ll Died.”
― Amirul Yunus

“Everybody need somebody that’s why I don’t mind spending my give a helping hand , being a listener an just being a friend”
― Shaneika Marie

“When it blossoms it is like a team but when it fades away it is worse than an enemy.'
(Misunderstandings in our friendships and relationships)”
― Riya Bisht

“Back then, I would never have thought- this was an option with me. I did what I believed was right, and I am happy. With all of the choices, but will I be able to finish school? Is being seventeen too young to be a mom? What is it like to be a mother? Why doesn’t the hellhole cover this in their health class? They just give you ways to prevent, yet not how to be a mother, who is supposed to teach this? I remember bringing her home for the first time, we made a nursery for her in my room, and we had a white bassinet for her. She keeps me tending to her nonstop, on the weekends he and I stayed together, maybe someday soon we can get our place. Her first bath was in the farm sink, and his mom got her all kinds of cute things to where it was hard to choose what to put on her. She always looked so adorable. A real-life baby doll.

(People talking)

Nevaeh- Talk is cheap… in all honesty, most people just need to mind their own business, I think. Either somebody wants to kick the shit out of you, or steal your joy. Stop making judgments about us! It all comes down to the fact that they need to feel needed. Just stop bothering me, go get what you need, and fight for it as I did, stop trying to take it away from me. Besides, keep this in mind as you are doing it- ‘Do to others, as you would want them to do to you.’ Why do you ask? Just because you might end up worse, off in what you are doing, than what you are seeing, and saying about others. ‘Just remember when you point a finger at someone three fingers are pointing back at you.’ Just like you can always tell when someone is on the dark side. They have to dance around the fires of destruction and torment, the flame within their eyes sparkles as you look at them, as they are children of the night and immorality.

Let's just say the sisters finally got their turn, for trying to kill my baby Jaylynn with her small pillow in my own home, in my room they stood over her one night. When hope was the only one home, and we were out for the first time all night without her. Hope caught and fought with all of them before they got the job done. Baby Jaylynn is still alive, yet it is a wonder that she is.”
― Marcel Ray Duriez, Nevaeh The Miracle

“Bro Code No.1: You never show interest in another bro's chicks/ girlfriends”
― Avijeet Das

“Surrounding yourself with “yes people” when stuck in a Loop is a surefire way to develop narcissistic tendencies. You have created a close loop system and the only people around you feed your ego, not your soul’s desire to grow. You need to find a better mirror.”
― Erin Dinsmore, How to Be A Human Being

“We don't need a lot of friends; just a few who are willing to stay true to our friendship. A few friends are real treasures without whom life would become meaningless.
This philosophy includes colleagues, students, neighbors, and all the people who we meet in life and who give us love, kindness, and support. They may not be of the same community, religion, or country but they are truly our friends in life.”
― Avijeet Das

“When it comes to relationships, friendships, or any connections, I think of life as a big beautiful puzzle.
We are all unique beautiful pieces in the puzzle but we don’t all make sense together. So the magic is when we are connecting with the right people so we fit together perfectly.”
― Emilyann Allen (Girdner)