In the February 2014 issue of Oprah magazine, author Anna Quindlen offers up the following quote as one of the 5 Things I Know for Sure:

“I can’t get by without my friends. I often hear brides say their groom is their best friend. Really? My husband is my husband. My best friend is someone who has the patience to listen to a monologue about the heinously expensive purse I want. When I’m falling, my girlfriends are my soft landing.”

Amen, Anna.