“ My friend is my friend, even if he wears rag, even if he wasn't born with a silver spoon, even if nobody wants to be his friend, i will hurt his critics by remaining his friend. Michael Bassey Johnson
“ She realized that Rowan saw each of those thoughts and more as he reached into his tunic and pulled out a dagger. Her dagger. He extended it to her, it's long blade gleaming as if he'd been secretly p… Sarah J. Maas
“ As much as I had always longed to be freed of my duties and obligations, being released from such bonds was as much a severing as an emancipation. Robin Hobb
“ Architecture is not merely national but clearly has local ties in that it is rooted in the earth. Alvar Aalto
“ To that point, he had always found the vicomtesse overflowing with friendly politeness, that sweet-flowing grace conferred by an aristocratic education, and which is never truly there unless it comes,… Honore de Balzac
“ Friendships - and indeed most relationships - are measured in the closeness of hearts, minds and soul ties... not in the distance of physical miles or even the passing of time. Rasheed Ogunlaru
“ The most ironic thing was that, the thing she valued the most was freedom. For according to her, happiness can never occur in bondage. In spite of the fact that death will set her free from all humanl… Pradnya Chabbi
“ -'What do ties matter, Jeeves, at a time like this?'There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter P.G. Wodehouse
“ No one's place in this world is guaranteed. Not everyone is going to get a happy ending. But life isn't about how it ends. It's about the moments between. It's about the small things. The way our love… Jenny Trout
“ It was the damnedest thing, life. Once you decide exactly how things are going to go, something or someone comes along and messes it all up. Jenny Trout
“ There are two schools of thought about the resilience of time. The first is that time is highly volatile, with every small event altering the possible outcome of the earth's future. The other view is… Jasper Fforde
“ Along the way I stopped into a coffee shop. All around me normal, everyday city types were going about their normal, everyday affairs. Lovers were whispering to each other, businessmen were poring ove… Haruki Murakami
“ It is not lies or a lack of loyalty that ends a relationship. It is the agonizing truth that one person feels in their heart on a daily basis. It is realizing that you are coping and not living. It is… Shannon L. Alder
“ Giving presents is one of the most possessive things we do, did you realize that? It's the way we keep a hold on other people. Plant ourselves in their lives. Penelope Lively