Quotes About Support

Dost though even know what would become of me? Thou dost not." She exhaled sharply. "Friends would disown me. It is our way. I would be alone!" "No," he said unexpectedly. He turned and held his hand to her, palm upward, empty, a simple masculine offering. "Maddygirl. With... me .

came to her, not the athletic, graceful leopard of the ballroom at Hanford House but her very own wounded animal. Her husband. Her lover. Her best friend.

I think the way we talk about cancer has really evolved. I remember the way my grandmother used to talk about it, like a death sentence, no-one would even mention the word.

Two people can brave the taunts that one person finds intolerable.

Sometimes it's not that you don't want help. It's that you can't bear to be offered help that just keeps turning out not to be enough after all.

Oh, Ben," she whispers. "I've sunk as low as I can get. All the sudden. Today," and then says, more loudly and firmly, "You

Don't mind her," Mel explained. "She's just worried about Finn." Petey tossed her wild hair. "Who says I'm worried?" Mel pressed a palm to her forehead. "Anyone want to adopt a couple of teenagers?" "They're all yours, Sweet Melissa," a man said." "Groovy," said Mel.

Maybe it didn't matter how he was crazy, only the fact that he was, the fact that he wanted someone to be crazy with him.

You cannot rescue somebody, little bird. You can help them. But they must rescue themselves.

you have a dedicated assistant, or one you share with one or two other people, great. Find one who isn't just able to handle administrative tasks, but excels at the problem-solving part of the job and sees it as his mission to advance you.

in the wings, as often mothers and grandmothers are, ready to catch the children should they need saving

After school I all but ran to Gran's and it was funny how even with her so sick, being with her could still make me feel safe.

It's okay. Don't push her, Sharon.

By the grace of God and by keeping busy making life better for others. That is how women always get through the hard parts of life.

Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do.

But sometimes it doesn't matter whether someone is right or wrong. Sometimes you just have to love them when they need you.

what a thing to do—to give up your whole self for someone else. To love someone that much. To be always and forever there, no matter what. To hold on like that.

sometimes it doesn't matter whether someone is right or wrong. Sometimes you just have to love them when they need you.

Sometimes it's not the optimist you need, but another pessimist to walk beside you and know, absolutely know, that the sound in the dark is a monster, and it really is as bad as you think. Did that sound hopeless? It didn't feel hopeless. It felt reassuring. It felt - real.

Sometimes it's not the optimist you need, but another pessimist to walk beside you and know, absolutely know, that the sound in the dark is a monster, and it really is as bad as you think. Did that sound hopeless? It didn't feel hopeless. It felt reassuring. It felt - real.

Nicole and I worked together on Dogville and we were friends when we started this. That laid the groundwork for our fabulous relationship on screen and off.

A Man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he love you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You are healthy.

Whatever happens, I will stand beside her. ~Lucius

the third reason [for being nice to the underdogs in life] being that the wheel of fortune is always spinning, spinning. And just because you're at the top today doesn't mean it'll always be so. When you're at the bottom, you'll want someone to be there for you too.