Best Friends Archive

“‘But with your children, you discover talents you didn’t know you had. You can make such a difference: point their way in the world, give them memories that’ll inform their lives years later.’” – Best Friends by Martha Moody

“There’s this loony idea-American, Christian-that what you do doesn’t ultimately matter, that anything can be forgiven and redeemed. I don’t buy it. Nothing disappears, nothing is cancelled out. A stain in the wood, meat on the hands, a virus in the cells. There’s things don’t go away. In the end, imperfectly but largely, you reap [...]

“In the wings were guys. I had some wanton ways: a hockey player one weekend, a poet the next. I wasn’t a very good flirt (how could I be? With three big brothers, I knew the male mind), so I slept with them and got it over with. My logic went like this: sex is [...]

“‘Invested? Have you thought about how invested we are in each other? Wherever I am, whatever I’m doing, I always think of you. Last week, I had a new patient call me a white bitch who enjoyed seeing people like her suffer, and you know what? I didn’t fall apart. I listened to her. I [...]