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Quotes About Friendship

We sat together on the couch, watching the cartoon skater fail to land jumps and fall in helpless, and probably unrequited love, with his coach. (They're watching Yuri on Ice!!)
~ Holly Black
Tamara gave Jasper a long, considering look. Then she picked up her bowl of pudding and turned it upside down on top of his head. Purple goop ran down his face. He yelped in surprise.
~ Holly Black
If I fall, you must promise not to laugh. I may still be a little bit poisoned.' ... I wonder exactly how much a little bit means. 'Maybe I should be the one to go first.' 'Nonsense,' he says. 'If you weren't behind me, then who would break my fall?
~ Holly Black
Maybe the point of real friendship isn't that you have to repay kindness, but whatever. At least I should try. As
~ Holly Black
Maybe I didn't spend decades with you like Lucien did, but I bet I can make you laugh faster than he could.
~ Holly Black
You ought to be on my side,' he says, looking hurt. 'I was poisoned.' 'That's another good reason for me to go in your place,' Tiernan puts in. 'Pragmatist,' says Oak, as though it's a dirty word.
~ Holly Black
They have a friend—" Tana began. "I have a friend, too," said Gavriel. "And I mean to kill him.
~ Holly Black
Once upon a time there was a little girl, and she told a lie to her friend's brother so that her friend's brother drove her to the bus station. She brought with her a bottle of orange soda, fifty dollars (half in change), sparkly slippers, and her cell phone. He thought he was helping. So did she.
~ Holly Black
You could totally like Tamara -" - Jasper "What does it matter?" Call exploded... "Don't you get it? It doesn't matter. She'll always like Aaron better." Jasper's eyes widened. "Whoa," he said. "Looks like I hit on an awkward truth here.
~ Holly Black
Looking past Lucien and Elisabet, Tana finally saw Aidan. He was underdressed, slouching against a wall in a black silk shirt over black jeans. Tana wondered if Midnight had picked out those clothes for him and then wondered if they'd been borrowed from Rufus. Steeling herself, she walked over to him, giving a wide berth to any other vampire she saw. "Tana!" Aidan said, looking incredibly pleased to see her right up to the moment when she punched him in the face.
~ Holly Black
Oh, yeah?" Chris says. "Maybe you should tell your friends that you're an emotion worker instead of hiding it. Do you think they'll listen to you then?" ... "How could you do this to me?" - Daneca "It's not my fault you're a liar." - Chris
~ Holly Black
Or you could try not talking to her," Call said. "When I don't talk to Tamara, she comes and hits me, so that would be a way that Kimiya might come to you first. Plus, once she hits you, it breaks the ice." "Or my shoulder," said Alex. "I mean, if it doesn't work, then, like they say, 'If you love someone, set them free. Don't lock them up underground in a cavern.
~ Holly Black
Long live Jude,' she says with a wink, setting down the tray on a table with a clatter of the pots and saucers and whatnot. 'No thanks to me.' I grin. 'Good thing you're a lousy shot.' She holds up a packet of herbs. 'A poultice. To draw any fever from the blood and help the patient heal faster. Unfortunately, it won't draw the sting from your tongue.
~ Holly Black
And while I didn't think he was my friend, it didn't mean I couldn't be his.
~ Holly Black
Will you tell me about the constellations?' I asked him. 'I thought you didn't like me,' he said. 'I can pretend,' I told him. 'For one night.
~ Holly Black
I wonder what it would be like, to never have to be alone.
~ Holly Black
The High King Balekin is a friend to my lady's Court,' Cardan says, silver-tongued in his silver fox mask. He wears an easy half smile. He's speaking the language of privilege, speaking it with his drawling tone, with the looseness of his limbs, as though he thinks he owns everything he can see.
~ Holly Black
He and Jericho and Sarah were my best friends
~ Holly Black
Looking at their faces, I suddenly realize I know them. It's the Latin Club. Diego, Jenny, Ashley, Mike, and David. And their advisor, Ms. Esposito. Geeks, one and all. My people. 'What are you doing?' My words come out slurred. 'Bringing Bacchanalia to Wallingford,' said Jenny. 'And you're going to help us.
~ Holly Black
I like playing pretend with you.
~ Holly Black
You want to know what I did to make him raise me up?' I ask, leaning toward her, close enough that she can feel the warmth of my breath. 'I kissed him on the mouth, and then I threatened to kiss him some more if he didn't do exactly what I wanted.' 'Liar,' she hisses. 'If you're such good friends,' I say, repeating her own words back to her with malicious satisfaction, 'why don't you ask him?
~ Holly Black
What did he offer you?' I ask, like we're all in on the same joke. Yes, it's a gamble. Maybe Cardan didn't offer them anything at all. I try not to seem like I'm holding my breathe. I try not to show how small Cardan makes me feel. The Ghost gives me one of his rare smiles. 'Mostly gold, but also power. Position.' 'A lot of things he hasn't got,' said the Bomb. 'I thought we were friends,' Cardan says halfheartedly.
~ Holly Black
Maybe the point of real friendship isn't that you have to repay kindness, but whatever. At least I should try.
~ Holly Black
Hier", sagt Vivi und reicht Papierkronen herum. "Wie albern", sage ich und setze meine auf den Kopf. Cardan betrachtet sein Spiegelbild in der Mikrowelle und richtet die Krone so, dass sie schief sitzt.
~ Holly Black