“I hadn’t been in proper school in three years. My parents were my two best friends. My third best friend was an author who did not know I existed.”
“My parents were my two best friends. My third best friend was an author who did not know I existed.”
“My third best friend was an author who did not know I existed.”
“At my ten-year high school reunion, I was voted best looking. Of course, there were two people in my high school, and while I wasn’t the best looking, my brother was two years younger and therefore not in my graduating class.”
“I sat with my two best friends, knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that only two of us would make it out of there alive. Though I did tend to exaggerate.”
“And I like those authors best whose scenes describe my own situation in life-- and the friends who are about me whose stories touch me with interest, from resembling my own homely existence.”