You can only know a friend so well after all. When you come right down to it, even your best friend is a puzzle.

“There he is, in the fading light, certain of what he wants, certain of her. If …”

“I wept to think that life went on even when so much had been lost, that rain st…”

“Those boys at the counter are too dreamy and young to do anything but drool as …”

“I knew that my brother would still be a part of this world no matter what happe…”