Friendship breaks up in a split second, and when it’s gone you cannot recover it.
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Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Interview with Sarah Rose Etter, BOMB, September 20, 2022; Complete one-sentence answer to the interviewer’s reflection on fractured friendships in The Book of Goose. Full interview read, including middle passage separately after truncation. Li’s perspective on friendship’s loss, not a universal psy
- Interview with Sarah Rose Etter, BOMB, September 20, 2022
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