Being There For Someone Quotes

“I would sit with him until he was all right again. I knew that I would sit with him for as long as it took. That's all I could do. That was my only job in the world that day - to sit with a good man. To watch over him from the other side...until he was steadied.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, City of Girls

“But I can't talk to her because she's going through hell and she doesn't need to hear me ranting about a vase. But that happens sometimes, Rose, you want to talk about stuff but you can't because your friends are going through things--real things, painful things-- and you can't talk to them because your stuff doesn't feel as important as theirs.”
― Tanya Byrne, Heart-Shaped Bruise

“I'm a good listener and any time you want to talk, I'm here.”
― Valenciya Lyons, Torn Hearts

“You don't need to be extraordinary to be there in those moments. You just need to show up.”
― Darnell Lamont Walker, Never Can Say Goodbye: The Life of a Death Doula and the Art of a Peaceful End