“Before that beautiful heart that harmed none and loved too much-stopped.”
“Oh, it definitely sucked,” replied Akshay. And of course it will suck. All things sucked when you were trying to get along with someone. Even if something didn’t actually suck, it sucked when you were talking about it, as if the only way to secure a bond was to clutch at something troublesome. Often this looks like faking tiredness to fit in. Finding negativity is like discovering the perfect mask for the masquerade ball you’re about to attend. One can always hate. It is accessible. What we love is embarrassing.”
“Passionate people always protest in airy voices about the significance of having meaningful conversations. “We shall speak to each other with profundity! No time for small talk! I want deeper!” But to be fair, what could possibly come out of thirty seconds in a café? It would be quite uncomfortable if two people were to race and pour their deepest sorrows on the other. Though perhaps the depth is in the trust. In peculiar sharing. That to have satisfaction in a conversation doesn’t mean spilling your problems on the floor, or violently expressing how wiggly the tables are, but instead asking you to admit that the table reminds you of the long wooden bar you had at home with silver lining, back in Wyoming.”
“Friends? The word seemed cheap... It was never going to fully describe what we were to each other. But that wasn t what the word was doing right then. It wasn t a definition; it was a boundary. One I needed to accept. Friends.”
“Companionship will be made possible from enduring lonely nights, leaving the wrong drinking buddies, books and benches, concerts and stadiums, and universities and clothing stores. These were the conditions necessary for companionship. You will answer the question all souls ask: How will I find you? The answer: Truth magnetizes to truth, as long as it repels temptation.”
“Few good friends, one great partner, and something I love to do every day, that s the idea of my little perfect life.”
“They re afraid you ll get hurt, they re afraid you ll lose faith in them, so they keep hiding more stuff from you until they are full, and then they suffocate themselves with the guilt. It s not easy being a true friend.”
“To completely accept that your friends are doing better than you is one of the hardest thing.”
“What a great deal it would be to talk to someone about anything, anytime. Can t sleep at night, call them. Going for an early walk, feel free to call them.”
“A best friend, the kind I read about in books . Everyone had best friends in the books I ve loved, the ones about ordinary girls like me. They had multiple best friends, sometimes. Whole squads of them. A lot of the time they made me feel lonely in my own friendless reality, but I kept reading them. I devoured them, learning how to be a good best friend, so one day-one day- I d be ready.”
“i kiss my last friend because the world can t be against us if it brought us together”
“Never reach that point in your life where you don’t care whether someone is angry or not because that point is an isolation. And isolation has never made anyone’s life happier or even better.”
“Forcing your decision won t make you a better partner. Unless it s a matter of immediate harm, then you gotta do what you gotta do.”
“Friendship is when they realise you’re upset before you do.”
“Being busy has its perk, and every perk comes with certain limitations. Friends drifting away because you re a bit busy is one of the many limitations.”
“Don’t test friendships of people who keep their lunch box for you.”
“Don Negro Témpano Enfurruñado puede ser muchas cosas, pero tonto no es.”