“When we were little kids, 'friend' wasn't a verb. You didn't 'friend' someone. You had friends. It was only a noun. It didn't multitask. It was a simpler time, Hen.”
“And it wasn't that you couldn't be friends with a married woman, but you weren't friends in the same way, she didn't have the same freedom i her schedule, especially not after she had children, and even before that, she didn't need you; you needed friendship, and friendship to her was auxiliary, extra.”
“These were such friendly people, they didn't notice how crabby we were, and before you knew it everyone was as happy as they were.”
“Why was it so difficult to make new friends once you were past forty Was it because we didn't have dreams anymore, only regrets?”
“When I didn't have friends, I had books.”
“I didn't feel that way about it. I had been playing with death for some time. I can't say we were the best of friends but we were well acquainted.”