What Did I Do Wrong? Quotes

“To avoid contact with someone so as not to have to address the truth is a form of lying by omission, regardless of good intentions.”
― Liz Pryor, What Did I Do Wrong?: When Women Don't Tell Each Other the Friendship is Over

“Sandy Sheehy says in Connecting,”
― Liz Pryor, What Did I Do Wrong?: When Women Don't Tell Each Other the Friendship is Over

“Connecting: The Enduring Power of Female Friendship, Sandy Sheehy”
― Liz Pryor, What Did I Do Wrong?: When Women Don't Tell Each Other the Friendship is Over

“Maybe you should write her a letter, Mia. In it, you could sort out what you feel, tell her your confusion. You could even apologize for that which you have no idea you’ve done if you want. Thank her for the great times you’ve just described to me. It would force her to acknowledge what she is doing here, and at the same time help you to find your way to some closure in it.”
― Liz Pryor, What Did I Do Wrong?: When Women Don't Tell Each Other the Friendship is Over

“It appears that very few women can just move through the end of a friendship, without a struggle. Most appear to need to consciously put together a game plan to recover from the breakup and help them to move on. Terry Miller Shannon, a journalist, writes in an article titled “Friends Forever?”: “If you’re not the one ending the friendship, it feels like an elephant stomped your heart into a billion bleeding pieces.”
― Liz Pryor, What Did I Do Wrong?: When Women Don't Tell Each Other the Friendship is Over

“Dr. Jan Yager, a sociologist, friendship expert and author of When Friendship Hurts, states, “For some, admitting to a broken friendship has become like admitting to a failed marriage. Over the last two decades, a myth of lifelong friendship has emerged, even as the ideal of a lifelong marriage has, sadly, become an unrealistic reality for many people.”
― Liz Pryor, What Did I Do Wrong?: When Women Don't Tell Each Other the Friendship is Over