{"quotes":[{"text":"A true friend is someone you can count on no matter what.","author":"Bohdi Sanders","tags":["bohdi-sanders","friends","friendship","friendships","real-friend","real-friends","real-friendship","true-friend","true-friend","true-friends","true-friendship"],"id":14193,"author_id":"Bohdi+Sanders"},{"text":"I Can Be Alone and it's Okay.","author":"J.M. Richards","tags":["alone-in-a-crowd","amazing","awesome","friend","friend","friends","friendship","friendship-true-and-loyal","frienship","j-m-richards","life","lonely-loneliness","lonely","about-life","on-being-alone","real-friends","real-friendship","so-true","tall-dark-streak-of-lightning","tdsol"],"id":33049,"author_id":"J.M.+Richards"},{"text":"It was nice. Even in high school, I’d mostly had makeshift friends forged by the shared status of outcast. It was rare for me to discuss things so easily to someone outside of my family, but somehow Jill got me.","author":"J.M. Richards","tags":["friend","friend","friends","friendship","friendship-true-and-loyal","frienship","j-m-richards","life","about-life","real-friends","real-friendship","tall-dark-streak-of-lightning","tdsol"],"id":79649,"author_id":"J.M.+Richards"},{"text":"Even though everybody hates you, you'll always have a friend who protects you and wishes to uplift you from pain, misery and suffering and that will always turn and remain the hardest blow to those who hate you.","author":"Auliq Ice","tags":["friends","friendship","friendship","human-development","humanity","humanity-and-society","love","love","real-friendship","religion-and-philoshophy","religious","trust","trusting-god"],"id":120149,"author_id":"Auliq+Ice"},{"text":"I bundled in my own blanket and reflected on the strange and somewhat unexpected friendship that was slowly developing between Davin and myself. It was clear to me that he needed a friend, but for reasons unknown to me, thought that it was better for him to be alone.","author":"J.M. Richards","tags":["amazing","awesome","friend","friend","friends","friendship","friendship-true-and-loyal","frienship","j-m-richards","life","lone-in-a-crowd","lonely-loneliness","lonely","about-life","on-being-alone","real-friends","real-friendship","so-true","tall-dark-streak-of-lightning","tdsol"],"id":128442,"author_id":"J.M.+Richards"},{"text":"At the end of the day, there are very few people around you who truly want to see you peaceful, happy and content. Most of your friends only want to see you happy, peaceful and content, in ratio to their own happiness, peace and contentment. It's like, 'Yeah, I want all your dreams to come true and I want to see you smile, but only for as much as I smile and only in proportion to how many of my own dreams come true.' That's what people today call, 'friendship' and 'care'. It's not really friendship and it's not really care. Then there's like one or two people who would celebrate your own happiness and success even if it's out of proportion to their own. And that's a real blessing right there, that's a real friendship.","author":"C. JoyBell C.","tags":["fake-friendship","false-friendship","genuine-friendship","guidance-in-life","inspirational-friendship","inspirational-living","inspirational","life-and-living","real-friendship","the-meaning-of-friendship","true-friendship","wisdom","words-of-wisdom-on-friendship"],"id":131583,"author_id":"C.+JoyBell+C."},{"text":"I suppose that means you don’t want any band-aids, either,” I said, a touch more bitterly than I’d meant to.","author":"J.M. Richards","tags":["amazing","anna","arguments","awesome","bandaids","best-friends","bitterness","first-aid","friend","friend","friends","friendship","friendship-true-and-loyal","frienship","hurt","j-m-richards","life","about-life","real-friends","real-friendship","silly-fights","so-true","stupid-arguments","tall-dark-streak-of-lightning","tdsol"],"id":136422,"author_id":"J.M.+Richards"},{"text":"I found myself, lost inside the depths of my darkest days amazed to find the most of you watching me hoping I’d stay.","author":"John Maiorana (oohGiovanni)","tags":["dark","dark-days","darkness","fake-friends","fake-friendship","fake-people","fake","real-friends","real-friendship"],"id":146126,"author_id":"John+Maiorana+%28oohGiovanni%29"},{"text":"As much as I cared about him, I wasn’t a slave to fate. I could choose to ignore my feelings, strong as they were. It would be painful, but no more so than letting myself pine for my friend.","author":"J.M. Richards","tags":["anna","arguments","awesome","bandaids","best-friend-love","best-friend","best-friends","bitterness","fate","first-aid","friend","friend","friends","friends-to-lovers","friendship-and-love","friendship","friendship-true-and-loyal","frienship","hurt","ignoring-issues","in-love-with-best-friend","in-love-with-my-friend","j-m-richards","life","longing","mazing","pain","about-life","real-friends","real-friendship","so-true","tall-dark-streak-of-lightning","tdsol"],"id":155108,"author_id":"J.M.+Richards"},{"text":"Being in love with your best friend is problematic.","author":"J.M. Richards","tags":["anna","awesome","bandaids","best-friend-love","best-friend","best-friends","bitterness","davin","fate","first-aid","friend","friend","friends","friends-to-lovers","friendship-and-love","friendship","friendship-true-and-loyal","frienship","hurt","i-m-in-love","ignoring-issues","in-love-with-best-friend","in-love-with-my-friend","j-m-richards","life","longing","love-issues","love-problems","mazing","pain","about-life","real-friends","real-friendship","so-true","tall-dark-streak-of-lightning","tdsol"],"id":260130,"author_id":"J.M.+Richards"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":20,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}