Colin & Penelope - You're my best friend

For Gretha. HBD!
«And to top it off, he suspected that he might have done irreparable harm to his friendship with Penelope. Which made him feel worst of all, since (A) he rather valued his friendship with Penelope and (B) he hadn’t realized how much he valued his friendship with Penelope, which (C) made him feel slightly panicked. Penelope was a constant in his life.»
«...and besides, they were friends. Friends. It seemed like such an odd concept, and yet that was exactly what they were. They’d always been friendly acquaintances, but since his return from Cyprus, they’d become friends in truth. It was magical.»
«Colin had never been opposed to marriage. He’d simply been opposed to a dull marriage. He wasn’t picky; he just wanted passion and friendship and intellectual conversation and a good laugh every now and then. A wife from whom he wouldn’t want to stray. Amazingly, he seemed to have found that in Penelope.»
«Home was in Bloomsbury. Home was with Penelope. Home was anywhere with Penelope.»
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