{"quotes":[{"text":"Anna, you miss him.” “All the time. I still can’t believe he’s gone.” The words come out in a whoosh, tasting funny in my mouth. No matter how many times I say them, they still feel like a garbled, impossible language. My chest hurts, and I have to hold my breath to keep from inhaling a deep sob. “He was more than your best friend.” I nod absently, forgetting myself for a moment, forgetting that I’m talking to Jayne and not my journal. “I – I mean, he was like a brother to me. You know, like Frankie. Well, she’s the sister. I mean–” Jayne reaches for my hands across the table, shaking her head softly. “Sweetheart, when you say Matt’s name, you have the same look in your eyes that he’d get whenever he’d say yours.","author":"Sarah Ockler","tags":["anna","best-friend","brother","jayne-perino","know","love","matt-perino","miss","more"],"id":4993,"author_id":"Sarah+Ockler"},{"text":"A man worth being with is one…That never lies to youIs kind to people that have hurt himA person that respects another’s lifeThat has manners and shows people respectThat goes out of his way to help peopleThat feels every person, no matter how difficult, deserves compassionWho believes you are the most beautiful person he has ever metWho brags about your accomplishments with prideWho talks to you about anything and everything because no bad news will make him love you lessThat is a peacemakerThat will see you through illnessWho keeps his promisesWho doesn’t blame others, but finds the good in them That raises you up and motivates you to reach for the starsThat doesn’t need fame, money or anything materialistic to be happyThat is gentle and patient with childrenWho won’t let you lie to yourself; he tells you what you need to hear, in order to help you growWho lives what he says he believes inWho doesn’t hold a grudge or hold onto the past Who doesn’t ask his family members to deliberately hurt people that have hurt himWho will run with your dreamsThat makes you laugh at the world and yourselfWho forgives and is quick to apologizeWho doesn’t betray you by having inappropriate conversations with other womenWho doesn’t react when he is angry, decides when he is sad or keep promises he doesn’t plan to keepWho takes his children’s spiritual life very seriously and teaches by exampleWho never seeks revenge or would ever put another person downWho communicates to solve problemsWho doesn’t play games or passive aggressively ignores people to hurt themWho is real and doesn’t pretend to be something he is notWho has the power to free you from yourself through his positive outlookWho has a deep respect for women and treats them like a daughter of GodWho doesn’t have an ego or believes he is better than anyoneWho is labeled constantly by people as the nicest person they have ever metWho works hard to provide for the familyWho doesn’t feel the need to drink alcohol to have a good time, smoke or do drugsWho doesn't have to hang out a bar with his friends, but would rather spend his time with his familyWho is morally free from sinWho sees your potential to be greatWho doesn't think a woman's place has to be in the home; he supports your life mission, where ever that takes youWho is a gentlemanWho is honest and lives with integrityWho never discusses your private business with anyoneWho will protect his familyWho forgives, forgets, repairs and restoresWhen you find a man that possesses these traits then all the little things you don’t have in common don’t matter. This is the type of man worth being grateful for.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["be-selective","best-choice","best-friend","blessed","christ-like","dating","father","freedom","friendship","god-s-plan","grateful","gratitude","happiness","honorable-man","husband","jealous-women","jim-alder","joy","joyful","king-of-the-kingdom","life-partner","life-partners","lucky-girl","lucky-me","marriage","mate","my-husband","partner","positive-outlook","qualities","revelations","righteous-man","selection","spiritual-man","staying-positive","tests","the-best","the-man","winning"],"id":13851,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"I have a best friend and he is me.","author":"Debasish Mridha M.D.","tags":["best-friend","best-friend-is-me","debasish-mridha","debasish-mridha-m-d","inspirational","philosophy","quotes"],"id":14325,"author_id":"Debasish+Mridha+M.D."},{"text":"He wipes tears off my face and then snot. He uses his hands. He loves me that much.","author":"Nina LaCour","tags":["best-friend","crying","daughter","death","depression","face","father","father-daughter-relationship","friend","grief","hands","love","sadness","snot","suicide","tears","upset"],"id":17019,"author_id":"Nina+LaCour"},{"text":"One of my pa...Friends... Isn't doing very well.'...Is your friend dying?'...Yes honey, he is.'That's sad.","author":"Justin Madson","tags":["best-friend","child","daughter","dying","friend","friendship","grief","hospice","illness","injury","man","mother","patient","woman"],"id":24335,"author_id":"Justin+Madson"},{"text":"When you find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will stand in front of you when other’s cast stones, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats, who will hold your hand when your sick, who thinks your pretty without makeup, the one who turns to his friends and say, ‘that’s her’, the one that would bear your rejection because losing you means losing his will to live, who kisses you when you screw up, watches the stars and names one for you and will hold and rock that baby for hours so you can sleep…..You marry him all over again.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["best-friend","boyfriend","gentlemen","godly-man","gratitude","happiness","honor","in-love","kindness","love","marriage","men","quality","relationships","respect","romance","spouse","true-love"],"id":33207,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"More times than I’m willing to admit I am my own worst enemy, which suggests that more times than I’m willing to admit I should allow God to be my own best friend.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["acknowledge","admit","best-friend","choices","confess","decisions","discernment","enemy","fool","foolish","friend","god","sabotage","self-destructive"],"id":39094,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"Ad we interviewing each other?Something like that.What position am I applying for?Best friend.I thought I already had the job.Don't be so sure, you arrogant son of a bitch.","author":"Benjamin Alire Sáenz","tags":["best-friend","best-friends","bff","dialogue-bf","friends","friendship"],"id":40169,"author_id":"Benjamin+Alire+S%C3%A1enz"},{"text":"I may not be happy with you right now, but I still love you.","author":"Janet Gurtler","tags":["best-friend","best-friends","friend","friends","friendship"],"id":57682,"author_id":"Janet+Gurtler"},{"text":"He was my best friend and I needed him.","author":"Sherman Alexie","tags":["best-friend","need"],"id":72016,"author_id":"Sherman+Alexie"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":68,"pages":7,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}