A Portrait Of A True Friend

Term Paper Title	A Portrait Of A True Friend
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A Portrait of a True Friend

English 101

September 29, 1997

She’s my best friend, Anna. Some, well, most people really do not understand what those words mean. A best friend is a connection that goes far beyond going together to the mall every weekend or being in the same class since first grade. It’s understanding through silence every thought, every move every breath. It’s something intangible and yet so real that a moment without it can leave you like a fish on dry land, gasping. It’s the laughter that no one else appreciates or the silence that no one else notices. It’s late night conversations with a cup of coffee or a bottle of wine; it’s tears that no one else can understand; it’s forgiveness for all those idiosyncrasies that nobody else could forgive you.

The first person she fell in love with, she stayed with for a year. She was sixteen at the b...

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