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"Maybe a friend is someone who wants your updates. Even if they’re boring. Or sad. Or annoyingly cutesy. A friend says, “Sign me up for your boring crap, yes indeed” — because he likes you anyways. He’ll tolerate your junk."

—E. Lockhart, Real Live Boyfriends

"A broken friendship that is mended through forgiveness can be even stronger than it once was."

—Stephen Richards, Forgiveness and Love Conquers All

"Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that."

—Ally Condie, Matched

"You can go through life and make new friends every year - every month practically - but there was never any substitute for those friendships of childhood that survive into adult years."

—Alexander McCall Smith, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency

"That’s what friends do: they notice things. They’re there for each other. They see what parents don’t."

—Nina LaCour, Hold Still

"Everybody has a home team: It’s the people you call when you get a flat tire or when something terrible happens. It’s the people who, near or far, know everything that’s wrong with you and love you anyways. These are the ones who tell you their secrets, who get themselves a glass of water without asking when they’re at your house. These are the people who cry when you cry. These are your people, your middle-of-the-night, no-matter-what people."

—Shauna Niequist, Bittersweet

"If you’re lucky, the friends you make when you’re sixteen stay with you for the rest of your life. If you’re smart, you know when it’s time to let them go."

—Megan Hart, Switch

"If you have good friends, no matter how much life is sucking, they can make you laugh."

—P.C. Cast, Hunted