“Happiness is a warm friendship.”

“Friends don't need the intervention of a third party. Friendship's a voluntary thing.”

“Of course it hurt that we could never love each other in a physical way. We would have been far more happy if we had. But that was like the tides, the change of seasons--something immutable, an immovable destiny we could never alter. No matter how cleverly we might shelter it, our delicate friendship wasn't going to last forever. We were bound to reach a dead end. That was painfully clear.”

“It's not right for one friend to do all the giving and the other to do all the taking: that's not read friendship.”

“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”

“Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering.”

“This was something sure to be crammed full of warm secrets, like an antique clock built when peace filled the world.”