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“First, friends who are attached have a desire to see a lot of each other and know what’s going on in each other’s lives. Second, the friends provide a secure base for each other—meaning the friendship allows them to go out and explore other friendships, romantic relationships, new jobs, anything that might feel scary but ultimately positive, because they can look over their shoulder and know their friend is there for them. And third, they offer each other a safe harbor. When things go wrong for one friend, the other loyally and dependably steps up to offer support.”
― Aminatou Sow, Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close

“... it occurred to me that perhaps the papier-mâche world that I accepted as real was only a stage setting.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

“...and you decide you want to learn how to rob a bank, or how to set one up, which is much the same thing, come and see me...”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

“But I couldn't absorb the idea that death could actually walk by my side, with a human face and a heart that was poisoned with hatred, that death could be dressed in a uniform or a raincoat, queue up at a cinema, laugh in bars, or take his children out for a walk to Ciudadela Park in the morning...”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind