Say Nice Things Quotes

“I will say nice things about you — not only to your face, but behind your back - forever.

When your name comes up, I will barely be able to let that person finish their thoughts before telling them mine, because I’m so proud to know you.

I will bring you up in rooms that are filled with opportunities, and for no reason at all.

Talking to strangers about the small details about you like it’s my full-time job.

There are random people all over the place — people I saw once and never again — that know the little tidbits about the wonder of you．

They know why I chose that gift for you at the store, or your favourite drink that I always order in tandem with mine.

And they probably know, from just that small encounter, how grateful I am to be in your orbit.

I’ll correct anyone who speaks poorly about you, and you can always count on me to be in your corner, even on the days it feels isolated and far away.

That’s the thing about the people who always have your back in a way that’s so effortless: you don’t even need to see them all the time to know they’ve been behind you all along.

And if there’s ever a table that doesn’t have room for both of us, I will join the waitlist with you and grab a coffee next door until two spots open up.

As long as I’m alive, there’ll be someone saying nice things about you to whoever will listen — any chance I get.”
― Josie Balka, Loves of Our Lives: Poems for Hopeful Hearts