Richelle Mead Quotes

We all need support and friendship, regardless of circumstances. But where do people turn when friends and family are simply no longer there, or can't help us through a difficult time, or need all our care and attention and can't give us any in return? Thank goodness for befriending projects, who help fill the empty spaces where care, support and a listening ear need to be.

Social support is everything.

There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.

People should be conscious of the large contribution made by anything that gets people together easily in the reduction of loneliness and emotional well-being.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

In Iowa, we take care of people. That's all I think I need to say.

I'm part of a community that holds each other up, and it's been great to be held up too.

My people are my people. They love me and I love them. I would not be here without them.

Kids who enter 'adulthood' without any strong attachments to people who know and care about them have a rough road ahead, to say the least.

All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.

All I have are the people.

Being at a club that supported me meant a lot.

I want everyone to know there is always someone there for you.

The solution to alone-ness is not more solitude, but companionship and community.

I would like that no citizen of the state feels alone and helpless. The entire nation is with them.

Aside from doing everything possible to provide programs for people who are seriously ill, I want to do everything humanly possible to help create a more caring society so that we can begin to counter the painful loneliness and sense of helplessness which has engulfed too many of our people.

I've discovered home is not a place anymore. It's the people around you.

It's amazing having so many people care so much about what I'm doing.

That's the key thing I learned from making 'The East': It doesn't matter what happens in your life, good or bad. What matters is that there's a group around you to catch you when you fall and push you back up a little bit.

I have to say it has been so important to have your friends and family there for you.

What matters is the well-being of the people.

There's nothing greater than just having people that pick you up when you get knocked down.

I really, really need community.

Cancer doesn't just happen to me; it happens to my best friend; it happens to everyone who means something in my life... The truth is, it does take a village to take care of somebody who's sick, and so we just, at all times, tried to be authentic to the actual experience we had.

Everyone likes to have people who support you in tough moments.