Neighbors (The Real Thing Collection, #6)

by Elizabeth LaBan

So many of my generation and I were convinced that when we found our romantic partner—our Disney prince, the hero of our own personal rom-com—our friends became ancillary, extras in the movie of our lives.

This is so true. And by the time we realise it, it is often too late to go back to the friends we abandoned. But if we are lucky, we find new ones.

my friendships with Elizabeth and a small, sacred group of other women would become the reason I feel safe in the world. It’s been eighteen years, and through every major change of my life, I have chosen Elizabeth.

But the relationships that mean the most to us are often the most confusing and hard, and you get through the pain because you choose to or not. You choose that person. And I still chose her.

“a renewable source of power.”

Such a beautiful way to describe some of my friendships with other women

“the power, and often the wisdom, of what women seek and find in friendship could lead future generations into lives of dignity, hope, and peaceful coexistence.”

Inshallah