Conditional love Quote by Susan Spira

“Every friendship is an inconspicuous drama, a series of subtle wounds.”

— Emil M. Cioran

“Bitter, too, to be forced to acknowledge in one's heart how little love has to do with kindness.”

— Pär Lagerkvist

“It seemed as if I were born to bring sorrow on all who befriended me, and that was the bitterest drop in the bitter…

— Harriet Jacobs

“Your every ill-thought, secreted hate, cynical and vicious judgment you carry is meant only for you.”

— Bryant McGill

“did matter. Friends like these anyway, ones who were fiercely intelligent and similarly ambitious, who suffered through the same sort of ridicule and condemnation…

— Marie Benedict

“People who say friendship isn’t important; Are the same ones who got hurt by someone who thought the same.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

“Few things wound more cruelly than unkind words spoken unkindly.”

— Val Edward Simone

“Sometimes life is not kind, and most times we have to hurt deeply in order to find out how strong and determined we really…

— Yara Greathouse

“Friends did matter. Friends like these anyway, ones who were fiercely intelligent and similarly ambitious, who suffered through the same sort of ridicule and…

— Marie Benedict

“Real unhappiness is ugly and wounding and scarring to the soul.”

— Julian Fellowes

“Friendship distills the sweetness of life.”

— Rita Mae Brown

“Is your friendship such a burden, then?” “Some burdens are willingly embraced.”

— Steven Erikson