friendships

Authentic love is deciding to live on a one-way street where all the arrows point down the street and not a single one of them point back up to where I__ standing.

After college, I started working in the gallery and found myself surrounded by a whole new set of people who had not yet grown accustomed to my antisocial tendencies, who had not yet learned to expect me to say no, and stopped asking. I was invited to go drinking and dancing again, and so, I tried.

Ever since [that day], a small uncertainty had buzzed between us.It was a sense of chemistry that had been a little elusive, a little imprecise, until now.

Delusions are hardly an escape from reality. It__ a way of understanding insane people living in a backwards world.

Somewhere between love and hate lies confusion, misunderstanding and desperate hope.

I hold a strict policy of automatic grudges against people everyone likes.

Every relationship that has hit a crossroads has asked, __hat is it that you want from me?

It__ the people we hardly know, and not our closest friends, who will improve our lives most dramatically

Did you know that wherever you find fool's gold, real gold exists somewhere nearby? This also goes for relationships and friendships. Real gold is found in the heart. For every piece of fake gold that you discard, remember that true gold isn't too far.

People will walk in and walk out of your life, but the one whose footstep made a long lasting impression is the one you should never allow to walk out.

Don't let a thief into your house three times. The first time was enough. The second time was a chance. The third time means you're stupid.

We need to bridge our sense of loneliness and disconnection with a sense of community and continuity even if we must manufacture it from our time on the Web and our use of calling cards to connect long distance. We must __og on_ somewhere, and if it is only in cyberspace, that is still far better than nowhere at all. (264)

Of course it hurt that we could never love each other in a physical way. We would have been far more happy if we had. But that was like the tides, the change of seasons--something immutable, an immovable destiny we could never alter. No matter how cleverly we might shelter it, our delicate friendship wasn't going to last forever. We were bound to reach a dead end. That was painfully clear.

In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.

It__ amazing to consider just how many people smile at the thought of you.

No outbreak of jealousy or malice has ever been welcomed in God__ eyes._ Beatrix continued, __or shall such an outbreak ever be welcomed in the eyes of your family. If you have sentiments within you that are unpleasant or uncharitable, let them fall stillborn to the ground.

[Gonturan] is a true friend, but a friend with thoughts of her own, and the thoughts of others are dangerous.

Your heart__ strength is measured by how hard it holds on. Your self worth and faith is measured by finally letting go. However, your peace is measured by how long you don__ look back.