Breaking free, or not, is usually determined by whether you want to get somewhere slowly or nowhere fast.

The success or failure of any relationship depends not just on how we feel about each other, but on how we make each other feel about ourselves.

Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. And if I should die before I awake, I pray the popular attend my wake.

If you expect nothing, you can never be disappointed.

A true friend is someone who is always there for you, with no agenda other than the friendship itself. We rely on our friends to lift us up in bad times, to keep us grounded in good times, but most importantly, to be there for us when we need nothing at all.

friends are like stars. You do not see all the time, but you know they are there

It was like death by a thousand paper cuts.