“Best friends are important. They're the closest thing to a sister you'll ever have.”
“...bookstores, libraries... they're the closest thing I have to a church.”
“If you've ever been homesick, or felt exiled from all the things and people that once defined you, you'll know how important welcoming words and friendly smiles can be.”
“Now isn't that nice!' said the old lady. 'If cousins are the right kind, they're best of all: kinder than sisters and brothers, and closer than friends.”
“Ever noticed how sisters, when they aren't best friends, make particularly vicious enemies?-I See You Everywhere”
“Some of the best friends you'll ever meet in your life, you'll meet though your children--mothers and fathers of their friends, parents from school. You'll see. That's the way it was for Bill and me. It's one of the many gifts of parenting.”