Sheila Heti Quotes

The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when.

The best proof of love is trust.

Through my research, I found that vulnerability is the glue that holds relationships together. It's the magic sauce.

Value your friendship. Value your relationships.

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

I think, when you get to know somebody on a personal level were you truly understand what makes them tick, what they play for, things they like to do in their spare time, you're around their families, I think you're kind of able to kind of coexist more when you have a relationship.

Loyalty is my favorite quality in a 'bestie.'

Longevity in friendship is very important and one of the keys to the foundation of a happy life.

There are no shortcuts to genuine friendship. Relationships are built over time.

A friendship has to be cultivated. A friendship you have to give time.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important.

The only time a relationship is good is when you really love them.

Opposition is true friendship.

I define friendship as a bond that transcends all barriers. When you are ready to expect anything and everything from friends, good, bad or ugly... that's what I call true friendship.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

We realized that the only persons we can truly trust in this world is each other and our families.

I need my man to be my homie.

You can't build anything with a flimsy foundation. Friendship is the foundation.

To find a friend one must close one eye - to keep him, two.

We are really on top of one another at the moment and I think it is amazing how we stay so close. Maybe that's the test. Why not totally put yourself together, rather than always wonder whether you actually like each other?

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

The most special relationships, in my experience, are based on a combination of trust and mutual respect.