“When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy.”

“True friends are those who came into your life, saw the most negative part of you, but are not ready to leave you, no matter how contagious you are to them.”

“I never lie,” I said offhand. “At least not to those I don’t love.”

“I’d learned that some things are best kept secret.”