Longtime friend Quote by Melissa West

“I hate small talk, always have. Hate the awkward, too tight effect it has on my skin, my throat.”

— Kristen Callihan

“I was such a quiet kid, so shy and calm and in my own head. Of course I knew about being sad. Maybe that's…

— Nina LaCour

“Every so often they exchanged these quick, knowing glances, each making sure the other one was still there, still with her. I wondered how…

— Leah Stewart

“I had said too much. He was giving me the look. I hated the look. It was the “You’ve had it tough, huh, kid?”…

— Ruta Sepetys

“That was the problem with good friends. Eventually they knew enough about you to say terrible things for your own good.”

— Marshall Thornton

“There was a small, quiet moment, the kind you just have time to notice, which makes you feel sad for no good reason.”

— Nick Harkaway

“I’ve always found myself completely attuned to all five of my senses, but that night, I was to all but one. My sight was…

— Bella Forrest

“They spoke very little of their mutual feelings: pretty phrases and warm attentions being probably unnecessary between such tried friends.”

— Thomas Hardy

“And I was grateful. Because life is an awful, ugly place not to have a best friend.”

— Anonymous

“I gaped at the cold shock of his beauty, deep-green eyes, features fine as a girl's. It struck from me a sudden, springing dislike.…

— Madeline Miller

“I’ve quickly grown fond of you. Despite the fact that you hate my guts and sometimes you’re a bit of a bitch. I guess…

— Michelle Rowen

“I’m sorry,” I heard her say. “One gets so used to one’s own horrors, one forgets how they must seem to other people.”

— Diane Setterfield