Gabrielle Zevin Quotes

I can't really explain what it's like to be in love, but I feel like it's being comfortable. It's almost like having a best friend. It's a beautiful thing.

When he first put his arms around me, it was tentative, like maybe he expected I'd pull away. When I didn't, he moved in closer, his hands smoothing over my shoulders, and in my mind I saw myself retreating a million times when people tried to do this same thing: my sister or my mother, pulling back and into myself, tucking everything out of sight, where only I knew where to find it. This time, though, I gave in. I let Wes pull me against him, pressing my head against his chest, where I could feel his heart beating, steady and true.

Intimacy can be about holding someone's hand. It could be about stroking their hair.

The best relationships develop out of friendships.

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

Laughing together is as close as you can get to a hug without touching.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp.

My softer side? I mean, I like to snuggle.

I'll put it out there: I love getting hugs.

There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other.

When it's a love scene with someone you actually love, there's no feeling like, 'Can I touch him here? Can I touch him there?' You know what your boundaries are - or what they aren't, I suppose.

They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.

As friends go it is less important to live.

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me, there's a truth in your heart that says you'll never leave me, and the touch of your hand says you'll catch me whenever I fall.

Jennifer Garner and I are very close.

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

When I'm dancing with any woman, I immediately get rid of intimacy barriers. I just give her a big hug and crack on.

A friend is what the heart needs all the time.

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

All who love are conspirators.

The 'Maze Runner' family, we all just really genuinely love each other.

You can't explain why people are friends and why those friendships last, but there certainly is magic in it. It's just something that you treasure.