"There was a fracture that occurred in the friendship, and I didn't ever see it going back to how it used to be." "[After the break-up] I'd lost this really, really important person in my life ...

I think it’s important that we respect other people’s opinions. If we break up with friends because of opposing political beliefs, it will undermine our original aspiration for democracy.

The friends we make on the playground seldom end ... birthday text and Tonight Josephine drink. No big, screaming break-up has to incite it, either. In fact, it almost always tends to be a slow ...