The Book of Lost Friends
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Loren Eiseley, who was the subject of one of my favorite term papers, wrote, If there is magic in this world, it is contained in water, but I have always known that if there is magic in this world, it is contained in books.
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He is like the overburdened character in Eiseley’s often printed story, throwing beached starfish back into the
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ocean one by one, while the tide continually deposits more along an endless and merciless shore.
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Teenage pheromones thicken the air like smoke from a spontaneous combustion about to burst forth in full flame. I’ve
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We all have scars. It’s when you’re honest about them that you find the people who will love you in spite of your nicks and dents. Perhaps even because of them. The people who don’t? Those people aren’t the ones for you.