Valerie Jarrett Quotes

I'm a romantic, and we romantics are more sensitive to the way people feel. We love more, and we hurt more. When we're hurt, we hurt for a long time.

At some of the darkest moments in my life, some people I thought of as friends deserted me-some because they cared about me and it hurt them to see me in pain; others because I reminded them of their own vulnerability, and that was more than they could handle. But real friends overcame their discomfort and came to sit with me. If they had not words to make me feel better, they sat in silence (much better than saying, "You'll get over it," or "It's not so bad; others have it worse") and I loved them for it.

I do have a lot of time for people in my life, and friendship is a very important subject for me. I think I'm unusual among the writers I know in that respect.

For me, romance isn't an over-the-top act. It's someone offering to help and to support me. Or if that person thinks I'm making the wrong decision, he'll tell me. I want him to be honest, because being that honest takes a lot of guts.

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

She's lonely and wounded and very vulnerable and it really is a story about people at the heart of it all.

The bonds of love are what connect us to the other side.

My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.

Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.

Sometimes people don't trust the force of kindness. They think love or compassion or kindness will make you weak and kind of stupid and people will take advantage of you; you won't stand up for other people.

We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.

Value your friendship. Value your relationships.

The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool.

If you can find a group of women, any age, who are supportive and kind and love you, that's the best. I have a group of girlfriends that I would lay in front of a bus for. They've picked me up through really, really bad times and I can definitely say I've done the same for them.

When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they're the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights!

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

Without a commitment to privacy, respect, love, friendship and trust are simply inconceivable.

Gain their confidence, love and esteem and make them feel by your acts that we are their real friends.

Every time I get off the phone with one of my friends, I tell them I love them.

I care more about Curtis than I do about selfies and looking good.

When you love someone, they have a piece of you, one of the most important pieces of you, and that's your heart. And when you decide to love freely and love hard - like I do myself - that's a risk that you're taking - getting hurt.