Quotes About Support

Oh, and just so you know, before we go out to the field we all get into a huddle and yell 'Go Queers!' really loud.

If you can't share with your friends, who can you share with?

How funny it is that the most unlikely person sometimes becomes your ally.

It's as if I'm taking away his pain and he's taking away mine.

I don't want to point out her flaws, but if I see her going on a self-destructive path, isn't it up to me as her friend to stop her?

When they're together, the world could fall apart around them and they'd never notice or care as long as they have each other. About Alex and Brittany.

From the moment I told her about my dad, it was as if her whole body sighed in relief. As if someone else's misery comforted her, made her feel as if she wasn't alone.

When she wraps her arms around my neck, all I want to do is protect this girl for the rest of my life.

Maggie squeezes my hand. It's a silent message that everything will be okay. Somehow I believe her. In the end everything will be okay. But hurdles have to be jumped through first.

Before i was jumped in i remember Lucky telling us how being in a gang was like having a second family... a family who would be there when your own family wasn't. They would offer protection and security. It sounded perfect to a kid who'd lost his father.

I let it all out--my mom's date,my dad's conversation,my confusion about it all.Caleb doesn't laugh,he doesn't pull away,he doesn't talk .. He just lets me be me. When I settle down,I lean back and witness the mess I've made on his shirt."I made ur shirt all gross," I say between sniffles. "Forget the shirt.What's going on? I could.nt understand a word you mumbled into my chest." Now I'm half laughing and half crying.

I have trust issues." "I know. I'm on a mission to cure you of that.

I'll always love you, no matter what happens, okay?

Love isn't about honesty. It's about protecting the people you love from things that will hurt them. That's love

Brittany, I love hangin' with you. Shit, when I get to school I scan the halls lookin' for you. As soon as I catch sight of those angelic streaks of sunshine," I say, fingering her hair, "I know I can make it through the day.

You know,just because you can deal with bullshit on your own doesn't mean you should." - Derek Fitzpatrick

I lead Paco through the house. We pass Shelley in the family room looking at some magazine. "Shelley, this is Paco. He's Alex's friend. Paco, this is my sister, Shelley." At the mention of Alex's name, Shelley gives a happy squeal. "Hey, Shelley," Paco says. Shelley smiles wide. "Shell-bell, I need you to do me a favor." Shelley bobs her head in response as I whisper, "I need you to keep Mom occupied while I talk to Paco." Shelley grins, and I know my sister will come through for me.

I lean over to Paco and ask, "Seriously, what do you think of Alex and me together?" "Seriously, you're pro'bly the best thing that's ever happened to the guy.

all these words, this laughter, these marks of attention, helped to lift me back in the saddle, to hold my horse's bridle with a firm grip.

Love is wonderful, but in the end you're better off with a man who's there for you.

The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing; it is almost a miracle; it is a miracle.

Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him.

The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, What are you going through

The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, "What are you going through?