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“By and large, people are not providing bad support on purpose. In fact, they often think they’re doing a good job.”
― Danielle Bayard Jackson, Fighting for Our Friendships: The Science and Art of Conflict and Connection in Women's Relationships

“Ultimately, self-awareness to me now is the knowledge that I’ll make my share of mistakes and I can always choose to work on being better every day.”
― Issa Rae, I See You Seeing Me

“We always have the right to choose whether we want to make the accommodations and compromises necessary to make a friendship work.”
― Danielle Bayard Jackson, Fighting for Our Friendships: The Science and Art of Conflict and Connection in Women's Relationships

“Even when it comes to something that we feel should be obvious and intuitive like how to show up for us, we have to realize that we’ll never achieve a level of closeness that transcends the need to communicate.”
― Danielle Bayard Jackson, Fighting for Our Friendships: The Science and Art of Conflict and Connection in Women's Relationships