Whats so phony nowadays is all this familiarity. Pretending there isnt any difference between people well, like you were saying about minorities, this morning. If you and I are no different, what do we have to give each other? How can we ever be friends?
I certainly should have,' he agrees, smiling and thinking what an absurd and universally-accepted bit of nonsense it is, that your best friends must necessarily be the ones who best understand you. As if there weren't far too much understanding in the world already; above all, that understanding between lovers, celebrated in song and story, which is actually such torture that no two of them can bear it without frequent separations or fights.
2 NOTES You broke your other appointment, didnt you? I did not! I told you on the phonethese people canceled at the last minute Oh, Geo dear, come off it! You know, I sometimes think, about you, whenever you do something really sweet, youre ashamed of it afterwords! You knew jolly well how badly I needed you tonight, so you broke that appointment. I could tell you were fibbing, the minute you opened your mouth! You and I cant pull the wool over each others eyes. I found that out, long ago. Havent youafter all these years? I certainly should have, he agrees, smiling and thinking what an absurd and universally accepted bit of nonsense it is that your best friends must necessarily be the ones who best understand you.