“The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light. Gentle work. Steadfast work. Life-saving work in those moments when life and shame and sorrow occlude our own light from our view, but there is still a clear-eyed loving person to beam it back. In our best moments, we are that person for another.”

I want to read this book in its original intended form with Richard Avedon’s photos. A conversation between two former high school classmates in the languages most comfortable to them, Baldwin with words and Avedon with images. Unfortunately I’m unable to find an edition less than $325. I’ll ask a librarian for assistance.

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