The highest purpose of friendship lies in a capacity to offer a fellow broken human a hopeful and

redemptive message: I - like you - have been odd; I - like you - have been mad; I - like you - have been guilty.

No one is normal, and therefore no one is beyond love and sympathy.

Because yes, sometimes friends witness you in such a moment and they walk away. But the right people will see you in your weakness and they’ll come and sit next to you. They will hold your hand and they’ll tell you, not with their words but with their actions: This is the moment at which I could abandon you. And I won’t.