For the Love of Friends Quotes

“I wanted to tell her that she was ridiculously unfair, and it had taken me a good thirty of my thirty-two years on this earth to get past the body image issues that she had instilled in me. I wanted to tell her that I liked how I looked, so whatever she thought was irrelevant. I wanted to tell her that, by her standards, nothing would look good on both me and Amy. And I most definitely wanted to tell her to go to hell. But you can’t do that with your mom, can you? Somehow, all of those things that you want to say, that maybe you should say, just don’t have the courage to come out of your mouth. Because it’s different when it’s your mom. Whatever she says cuts deeper, scars worse, and makes you feel like maybe it’s actually true, even when you know it’s not.”
― Sara Goodman Confino, For the Love of Friends

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― Sara Goodman Confino, For the Love of Friends

“What can I do to make this right?” “I don’t know,” Amy said. “It’s not my job to tell you how to fix it when you mess up.”
― Sara Goodman Confino, For the Love of Friends

“Somehow, all of those things that you want to say, that maybe you should say, just don’t have the courage to come out of your mouth. Because it’s different when it’s your mom. Whatever she says cuts deeper, scars worse, and makes you feel like maybe it’s actually true, even when you know it’s not.”
― Sara Goodman Confino, For the Love of Friends

“But you can’t do that with your mom, can you? Somehow, all of those things that you want to say, that maybe you should say, just don’t have the courage to come out of your mouth. Because it’s different when it’s your mom. Whatever she says cuts deeper, scars worse, and makes you feel like maybe it’s actually true, even when you know it’s not.”
― Sara Goodman Confino, For the Love of Friends

“how miserable did your life have to be when you didn’t even like your friends?”
― Sara Goodman Confino, For the Love of Friends

“Bras cost a hundred dollars? A pack of boxers costs like ten bucks for three pairs.” “There’s a tax on being female, didn’t you know that?”
― Sara Goodman Confino, For the Love of Friends

“I am a fabulous career woman who refuses to settle for anything less than true love.”
― Sara Goodman Confino, For the Love of Friends

“With potential dates, I felt like I had to play a long game of hide the crazy, which never ended well.”
― Sara Goodman Confino, For the Love of Friends