Status Updates From Big Friendship: How We Keep...

“Aminatou’s friend Antoine once emailed her a sentiment she shares: ‘I love that’s you’ve known every version of me. You were there at the beginning and I want you there at the end.’ “ -Pg. 202

And the note from Pg.199 about how everyone misses their friends when they’re dying. I was sobbinggg.

David Sedaris’ essay in ‘The New Yorker’ about the “four burners” theory. 1) family 2) friends 3) health and 4) work. Usually friendship in the first one out on the slow/back burner.

This metaphor makes it seem clear, but if only it was that easy. Life unfortunately isn’t separated into pots.

“In her book, ‘You’re the Only One I can Tell, Tanner explains that a difference in conversation styles — or each persons’s unique way of saying what they mean and interpreting what another person is saying — is often the invisible culprit that arises between friends who are women.” -Pg. 166