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Why is it," he said, one time, at the subway entrance, "I feel I've known you so many years?""Because I like you," she said, "and I don't want anythin...more

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We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so ...more

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He knew what the wind was doing to them, where it was taking them, to all the secret places that were never so secret again in life.

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The father hesitated only a moment. He felt the vague pain in his chest. If I run, he thought, what will happen? Is Death important? No. Everything th...more

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First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys.

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God, how we get our fingers in each other's clay. That's friendship, each playing the potter to see what shapes we can make of each other.

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Their hands slapped library door handles together, their chests broke track tapes together, their tennis shoes beat parallel pony tracks over lawns, t...more

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Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces togeth...more

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If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. We...more

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That's friendship, each playing the potter to see what shapes we can make of the other.

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When Douglas walked, his mind ran, when he ran, his mind walked.