He experienced the singular pleasure of watching people he loved fall in love with other people he loved.

I know my life's meaningful because"- and here he stopped, and looked shy, and was silent for a moment before he continued- "because I'm a good friend. i love my friends, and I care about them, and I think I make them happy.

But now he knew: you always sacrificed something. The question was what you sacrificed.

they both knew they could simply refuse if they really wanted to, and they both rarely did - after all, where else would they get to use their semaphores, that language that only had two speakers in the whole world?

Он дремал под из негромкий разговор, такой скучный, что не было сил следить за его ходом, но этот разговор наполнял его душу покоем: это было идеальное воплощение взрослых отношений, когда у тебя есть кто-то, с кем можно обсудить механику совместного существования