Friends Like These Quotes

“Giving people too much all but guarantees they'll never really love you”
― Kimberly McCreight, Friends Like These

“Best friends are supposed to stand by you, no matter what. They disregard your occasionally disagreeable nature and off-putting eccentricities and accept the whole of you. That’s the beauty of real friendship. But close friends can also let you get away with too much. And what feels like total acceptance, what masquerades as unconditional love, can turn toxic. Especially if what your friend really wants is a partner in crime, someone to excuse their own bad behavior. Because letting you be your worst self just so you can be terrible together is cruelty, not kindness. And it’s got nothing to do with love. Not that I ever thought you were cruel. I thought you were funny and smart and so gorgeous that it made my chest ache. God, how I loved you. Not in a sexual way, I just worshipped”
― Kimberly McCreight, Friends Like These

“... the problem with getting so much of what you wanted -you just ended up wanting more.”
― Kimberly McCreight, Friends Like These

“In turns out, there is a certain solace in sadness. Solace, and maybe freedom.”
― Kimberly McCreight, Friends Like These

“Best friends are supposed to stand by you, no matter what. They disregard your occasionally disagreeable nature and off-putting eccentricities and accept the whole of you. That’s the beauty of real friendship. But close friends can also let you get away with too much. And what feels like total acceptance, what masquerades as unconditional love, can turn toxic. Especially if what your friend really wants is a partner in crime, someone to excuse their own bad behavior. Because letting you be your worst self just so you can be terrible together is cruelty, not kindness. And it’s got nothing to do with love.”
― Kimberly McCreight, Friends Like These

“If I wait too long, my intestines feel like they’re being twisted in a fist. Eventually the stomach pain is so bad you’re essentially incapacitated. And then I start throwing up. Don’t get me wrong, I liked being high in the beginning. That’s what started all of this. But using these days is mostly a way to avoid getting sick. And the more you use, the worse it all gets.”
― Kimberly McCreight, Friends Like These

“I’m ready to go.”
― Kimberly McCreight, Friends Like These

“All those years gone, and yet in so many ways time is frozen still.”
― Kimberly McCreight, Friends Like These