Quote of the Day

"Why we're giggling, I couldn't tell you. Often our mirth seems fueled by some deep-celled delight at being together. Friendship, like its flashier cousin, love, can be wildly chemical and, like love, can happen in an instant."—Victor Lodato, in a lovely piece for the New York Times, "When Your Greatest Romance Is a Friendship."

I highly recommend reading the whole thing. ♥

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