My entire notion of friendship altered when I depended on someone for more than just the pleasant passing of time.

“Do you think that an eyeful of breast and buttocks will have me so besotted tha…”

“If that door opens now, of course,” he murmured in her ear, “I can step away an…”

“the way he talked to her. It was outrageous. It was blunt. It was impossible. A…”

“My most ardent wish is that you, and everyone like you, will look up. That you’…”