“Friends are how God apologizes for your family."---Mike”
“Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family.”
“Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families”
“The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families.”
“But [he] had lost god, and all his family and friends were staying behind with his imaginary friend. A silly dream goes away and takes with it your whole real life.”
“Of course what I'm about to share isn't true for me but...Friends, somebody said, are "god's apology for relations." (p. 129)”