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"The definition of a true friend is not someone who swoops in when you’re going through a rough patch. True friendship is when someone can appreciate your happiness—celebrate your happiness, even when she’s not necessarily happy herself."
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"One thing I have to say about her and dating is this: she never blew us off for a guy. She always put her friends first―which is an amazing thing for a high school girl to do."
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"I guess if you’re really a friend, you overlook certain things. It’s easy to be friends with someone who only says things you want to hear."
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"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."
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"Nothing like being with people you’ve known almost your entire life. Having a shared history is something you just can’t create with the new ones. No matter how much you like that, it just isn’t the same."
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"The thing about old friends is not that they love you, but that they know you. They remember that disastrous New Year’s Eve when you mixed White Russians and champagne, and how you wore that red maternity dress until everyone was sick of seeing the blaze of it in the office, and the uncomfortable couch in your first apartment and the smoky stove in your beach rental. They look at you and don’t really think you look older because they’ve grown old along with you, and, like the faded paint in a beloved room, they’re used to the look. And then one of them is gone, and you’ve lost a chunk of yourself."
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"Sometimes being a good friend means saying nothing."
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"One friend with whom you have a lot in common is better than three with whom you struggle to find things to talk about."
