Friendship Quotes

The chosen family. Quotes about the people who show up, stick around, and make life better.

18559 quotes

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"Solidarity means standing with those facing compounded discrimination."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
b
"Community demands sacrifice and commitment from all its members."
bell hooks
b
"Friendship requires showing up fully, even when it is inconvenient."
bell hooks
A
"Real solidarity means sharing the burden of liberation struggles."
Andrea Dworkin
A
"Women's friendships are subversive when they are based on mutual truth."
Andrea Dworkin
G
"Help each other and hold each other accountable."
Gloria Steinem
G
"Solidarity is not charity; it is mutual aid between equals."
Gloria Steinem
A
"Solidarity is an action, not a sentiment."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"Solidarity cannot be negotiated or compromised."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"The struggle for justice unites us across all boundaries."
Angela Y. Davis
B
"Women's friendships are as important as romantic relationships to their well-being."
Betty Friedan
S
"Friendship between women is radical because it exists outside male-mediated relationships."
Shulamith Firestone
S
"Friendship between women is where we practice the equality we demand from the world."
Shulamith Firestone
G
"Female friendship is often more intimate than romantic love."
Germaine Greer
K
"Solidarity means showing up for struggles that are not our own."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
K
"Intersectionality is a call to solidarity without co-option."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
b
"We cannot build community without vulnerability and truth-telling."
bell hooks
b
"Community is not a luxury; it is essential to our survival and thriving."
bell hooks
B
"Real power comes when women support each other's ambitions."
Betty Friedan
S
"We must build solidarity among women across racial and class lines."
Shulamith Firestone
"We can work together as a community, affirming that each of us has gifts and significant contributions to make."
Audre Lorde
B
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Barbara Smith
B
"True friendship is tested in times of trouble."
Barbara Smith
G
"Sisterhood cannot be assumed on the basis of gender; it must be created and maintained."
Gloria Steinem
b
"Community is where we practice love and learn its true meaning"
bell hooks
B
"Solidarity is built through sustained action, not momentary gestures."
Barbara Smith
B
"Solidarity means showing up, even when it is inconvenient."
Barbara Smith
A
"Solidarity is not charity; it is mutual aid."
Angela Davis
G
"We need not think alike to love alike."
Gloria Steinem
"We do not have to become each other in order to be for each other."
Audre Lorde