“We are friends for life. When we’re together the years fall away. Isn’t that what matters? To have someone who can remember with you? To have someone who remembers how far you’ve come?”
More from Judy Blume
“That’s not a bad word. ‘Hate’ and ‘war’ are bad words. ‘Fuck’ isn’t.”
“It’s not so much that I like him as a person, God, but as a boy he’s very handsome.”
“I wanted to tell him that I will never be sorry for loving him. That in a way I still…”
“‘Forever?’ he asked. ‘Forever,’ I said.”