Quotes About Support

one of the promises we make to one another is that we will try to retrieve our casualties

Everyone was in scrubs. I noticed one man who was not in scrubs. "Is this the wife," he said to the driver. Then he looked at me. "I'm your social worker." And I guess that was when I knew. That's something else to remember. If they give you a social worker, you're in trouble.

supported the high ceilings.

Clap your hands, Stomp your feet. Those MOA girls can't be beat! Go, blue. Go, gold. You're a wonder to behold!

Hannah had been encouraging Grace to

One of the most powerful aspects of friendship is the alleviation of loneliness. When another person indicates that they understand us, that we are no longer alone, there's an expansion of joy in our chests, a feeling like no other. All of us live in solitary confinement, waiting for a friend to appear and set us free. Etched on the key that welcome rescuer holds are these words: I understand you.

What I really wanted — and needed — were friends of my own. People who would like and accept me for myself. Once

Friends come and go. Employees move on. Your partner is there beside you for the long haul. He deserves your best every day of your life.

How did that blessing for newlyweds go? May your joys be multiplied and your sorrows divided.

A book is your friend, and you don't break a friend's back.

Food is the thing that unites us all, that brings us back together. Food is the thing we can provide when there is nothing else we can do. That's why we serve it at funerals. To remind us that Life always goes on.

A problem shared is a problem solved.

Three women were missing; one of them, another old friend. It appeared that death haunted her like a bloodhound. First, Ryan. Now, Becky. Although they weren't the same degree of friendship with her, they were threads woven into the fabric of her life. Without them, the material snagged, weakening her structure and threatening to unravel her life

Check on your child, though, rather than letting him cry it out until he falls asleep. Not checking seems to prolong the process. Remember, the goal is to have your child fall asleep on his own, not to make your child upset.

Sometimes love means not being able to bear seeing the one you love the way they are, when they're not what you hoped for them.

To not do what you can to protect someone, that's cowardly.

You make yourself strong because it's expected of you. You become confident because someone beside you is unsure. You turn into the person others need you to be.

Love is not an equation, it is not a contract, and it is not a happy ending. Love is the slate under the chalk, the ground that buildings rise, and the oxygen in the air. It is the place you come back to, no matter where your headed

Heroes didn't leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they didn't wear boots and capes. They bled, and they bruised, and their superpowers were as simple as listening, or loving. Heroes were ordinary people who knew that even if their own lives were impossibly knotted, they could untangle someone else's. And maybe that one act could lead someone to rescue you right back.

Love meant jumping off a cliff and trusting that a certain person would be there to catch you at the bottom.

A real friend isn't capable of feeling sorry for you.

The best place to cry is on a mother's arms.

My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a social construct but an instinct.

I knew what it was like to lose someone you loved. You didn't get past something like that, you got through it.