Quotes About Support

Make yourself necessary to somebody. —RALPH WALDO EMERSON

I know you'd protect me from anything. Even yourself.

Wouldn't a guy feel funny about his girl getting raped? Like maybe not wanting to… You know… Seems like a guy wouldn't want to touch her after that." "Like she was dirty? Come on," he said, laughing. "Don't think like that. When something bad happens to the girl you love, you just love her that much harder." "Really?" "Of course, really." "She

Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood. —CHARLES DICKENS

Be good to have him home," Mike said. "He's not like he was," Jack said. "He's got a peg leg and a giant bug up his ass." "None of us were like we were. For a while," Paul said. "He's a kid. He'll get through it. Or we'll get him through it." "Mel's

When it comes to problems at school,

uncle were understandably nervous and resistant to Dory's

He's my best friend.

Look, you have four brothers and three

She realized uneasily that she hadn't really known as much as she should have about T.J., but she knew everything about Sean. She knew his strengths and weaknesses. He had never lied to her. When she first saw Sean a month ago, she thought he'd reappeared to screw up her life. She'd literally wanted to rearrange his face. Now, she ran into his arms for comfort and support. Her best friend. A man she knew she could trust.

No one should make you cry like this. Tell me who he is. I'll kill him for you." "I wasted so much time on him," she said with a hiccup of emotion. He kissed her eyes. "He's a dick," he said. "Worse. He's a stupid dick." She responded with a small, whimpering laugh. He

A couple of months ago it never occurred to me I'd have feelings for him. I mean, these kind of feelings. I thought of him as my ballast, my rock. And then slowly, he started to mean more to me than that. Since he left… I miss him so much. And not just because he was a supportive friend.

Right now Rick didn't want anything from anyone, and for Jack this was horrible. It was like being rejected as a father figure. "Hey,

I'm not going to solve your problems. You are. I'm just here to direct the traffic.

So—you make that baby today?" someone yelled at Preacher. "I believe I did," he said, sticking his chest out. Paige brought a big platter of wings out to the bar and said, "John, shut up." "Well, I believe I did. Don't you?" She looked up at him, shook her head in disgust and said, "You certainly did your best," and turned to walk back into the kitchen. Mike

You know how there are people in your life that change everything?" she asked. "The kind of friend without whom you can't make a paradigm leap into a new realm, into unchartered territory and new possibilities? The kind of friend who you're always your very best self with?

Before you go, I want you to know you've been that kind of friend to me,

I've never felt more at home." She touched his handsome face. "If last night made a baby, it will be a beautiful baby. I don't want Mel's help to make sure it doesn't stick. If it's there, it's yours—and I want it." "Then that's how it will be," he said. He kissed her deeply, passionately. "Whatever you want." "I

Just tell me this—are you going to be hurt or disappointed?" she asked. "I'm going to be grateful," he whispered. Then he pulled her down beside him. "Come here. Let me hold you. It's all I've got.

Mel was going to breast-feed right up to basic training," Jack said. "I thought he'd be my only baby and I didn't want to rush him," she said, a tear spilling over. She got a very pathetic look on her face. On that note, Jack leaned down and scooped her up from behind, holding her. He had a unique sense for when it would work and when it would get him smacked. Right at that moment, she needed a little human contact, support from her man. "Then

There's a great trick to escaping the pain of loss, and that is giving.

want you to find what you need, to feel whole again, to reassure yourself that you haven't missed anything! That feeling you had of being robbed? You're not ever going to feel like I was the one to rob you. Think of me as your cheerleader.

Jack, there are only two of us here. One of us is going to push him out, one of us is going to catch him. Which job do you want?

Paige looked up at him, smiled sweetly, and it made him feel all soupy inside. Her eyes were so sad, so scared. She couldn't help it, he understood that. If it weren't for the fear, he might actually take her hand to give her courage—but she wasn't just afraid of whoever did that to her. She was afraid of everything, including him.