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101 " But . . . tell her to call me. I’ll explain.” “I wouldn’t count on hearing from her.” “What do you mean? We’ve been friends for thirty years.” Johnny gave her a look so cold she began to shake. “I think that ended today. "
― Kristin Hannah , Firefly Lane (Firefly Lane, #1)
102 " taking their separate, lonely lives and braiding them into a rope of friendship. "
103 " If there was one central lesson of her life, it was this: people leave. Parents. Lovers. Friends. "
104 " It’s not my fault, "
105 " She stood in the hallway, watching him walk away from her. Near the end of the corridor, he merged into the white-clad "
106 " There’s nothing like motherhood to make us reassess how we were as daughters.” I "
107 " Mejores amigas para siempre. Era la promesa que se habían hecho muchos años atrás creyendo que duraría. Se imaginaban algún día convertidas en dos mujeres mayores sentadas en mecedoras en un porche de madera desvencijado hablando entre risas de los buenos tiempos. "
108 " They’d spent most of one summer here, taking their separate, lonely lives and braiding them into a rope of friendship. "
109 " And the best way not to care was to surround yourself with noise and people. "
110 " That’s the funny thing about writing your life story. You start out trying to remember dates and times and names. You think it’s about facts, your life; that what you’ll look back on and remember are the successes and failures, the time line of your youth and middle age, but that isn’t it at all. Love. Family. Laughter. That’s what I remember when it’s all said and done. For so much of my life I thought I didn’t do enough or want enough. I guess I can be forgiven my stupidity. I was young. I want my children to know how proud I am of them, and how proud I am of me. We were everything we needed—you and Daddy and I. I had everything I ever wanted. Love. That’s what we remember. "
111 " Slowly, Kate took off her robe and peeled out of her nightgown, trying not to notice how white and sticklike her legs were. Even worse was the battlefield that had been her breasts. She looked ruined, like a little boy, only there were the scars. "
112 " Drama, she’d learned, was like good punctuation: it underscored your point. "
113 " Dreams. They’d had so many of them, and a surprising number had come true. The funny thing was that she hadn’t valued them all highly enough when she’d had the chance. "
114 " It was ridiculous and embarrassing and inevitable, for it didn’t matter that motherhood had kicked the hell out of her and ruined her confidence; it had also swamped her so with love that she was only half a person without her daughter. "
115 " I guess no one stays friends for more than thirty years without a few broken hearts along the way. "
116 " Sometimes life kicks the shit out of you; that’s all. It’s like the Stones said: You can’t always get what you want. "
117 " Friendships were like marriages in that way. Routines and patterns were poured early and hardened like cement. "
118 " Bending over, she brushed her hair for maximum Farrah volume, then sprayed it with enough Aqua Net to stop a bug in flight. "
119 " 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. "
120 " Fear changed everyone and everything, and yet, as always, life went on. Hour by hour, day by day, while politicians and military personnel were looking for bombs and terrorists, and while the Justice Department was tearing down Enron's papery walls, families went on with their ordinary lives. "