“She wants to be friends. But what does that mean? Were we ever really friends? Friends don’t stay up talking on the phone Every Single Night about Stupid Lit le Things and Most Important Things until it’s light outside. Friends don’t tell each other their most secret secrets. Friends don't hook up. Friends don't ache for each other. They just don't.”
“We weren't really friends yet, just knowers of each other's secret stuff.”
“Friends don't have to have a lot of things in common. But there's one thing friends usually do have in common - a sense of humor. That doesn't mean they find all the same things funny. Sometimes, they might even laugh at each other. But at the end of the day, friends can always laugh with each other.”
“That's what friends do: they notice things. They're there for each other. They see what parents don't.”
“...that's what friends did. Let each other off the hook when they didn't want to talk.”
“Friends don’t build cages for each other.”