"When one of your oldest friends texts you, you answer immediately. When that friend texts you a photo of her engagement-ringwearing hand, you drop the phone."
"My friend Jackie drove me the 50 miles or so from the larger city where she lived down to the state capital, the location of the state’s main medium-security prison. I’d talked on the phone the day before with my friend, going over the final details of my visit and the endless rules to follow."
"While I have been going to school and working in the photo industry, she has been faithfully carrying out the responsibilities of an 'international liaison officer' in the Israeli Defense Forces." A profile of a friendship.