Perhaps a best friend is someone who … holds the story of your life in mind. Sometimes in music a melodic line is so beautiful the notes feel inevitable; you can anticipate the next note through a long rest. Maybe that is friendship. A best friend holds your story in mind so notes don’t have to be repeated.
This resonates with me and my friendships. There are these pauses in sentences and these turn of the chin and the raising of the eyebrows which are enough to make you feel like you are part of something; that you are sharing that 'something' with someone else who knows you beyond your comfort zone. That (dis)comfort of shared knowledge is the most satisfying part of a deep friendship.
