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1 " To make real friends you have to put yourself out there. Sometimes people will let you down, but you can't let that stop you. If you get hurt, you just pick yourself up, dust off your feelings, and try again. "
― Kristin Hannah , Firefly Lane (Firefly Lane, #1)
2 " And before you barrel through some idiotic Cosmo girl list of how-well-do-you-know-your-man questions, let me say that I don't know squat about him except that he kisses like a god and screws like a devil. "
3 " This time I really am going to light the world on fire,' she said, laughing. 'I finally have a fucking match. "
4 " She hadn't realized how much she'd needed a dream, but it had transformed her, changed her from poor motherless and abandoned Tully to a girl poised to take on the world. The goal made her life story unimportant, gave her something to reach for, to hang on to "
5 " . . .you sounded frustrated and pissed off and amazingly happy "
6 " but that shadow self of hers wasn't so sure. The ugly, toxic thought was smaller than a drop of blood, yet it poisoned the entire stream. "
7 " That was the thing about best friends. Like sisters and mothers, they could piss you off and make you cry and break your heart, but in the end, when the chips were down, they were there, making you laugh even in your darkest hours. "
8 " It felt as if she were bleeding - but it wasn't blood that leaked out of her, not something that could be easily transfused. Instead she was losing her dreams. "
9 " That was what a best friend did: hold up a mirror and show you your heart. "
10 " That was the thing about best friends. Like sisters and mothers, they could piss you off and make you cry and break your heart, but in the end, when the chips were down, they were there, making you laugh even in your darkest hours. "
11 " So now books were her only friends. She'd read Lord of the Rings so often she could recite whole scenes by memory.It was not a skill that aided one in becoming popular. "
12 " She knew this pain would fade again; like a sunburn, it would heal itself and leave her slightly more protected from the glare. "
13 " Sometimes being a good friend means saying nothing. "
14 " One thing I can tell you for sure is this: we only regret what we don't do in life. "
15 " Thoughts - even fears - were airy things, formless until you made them solid with your voice and once given that weight, they could crush you. "
16 " Of course you can fall in love. You just have to let yourself. They don't call it falling for nothing. -Kate "
17 " When you get . . . to the end, you see that love and family are all there is. Nothing else matters. "
18 " Do you love him?"How would I know?"You'd know. "
19 " I guess no one stays friends for more than thirty years without broken hearts along the way. "
20 " What good did it do to light the world on fire if she had to watch the glow alone? "
