“Oh, the comfort — the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person — having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.”
― A Life For A Life
― A Life For A Life
“You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”
― Winnie-the-Pooh
― Winnie-the-Pooh
“Cutting people out of your life is easy, keeping them in is hard.”
― Slam!
― Slam!
“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.”
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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