Sometimes I think ALL my friends have been imaginary.

“A tiny spot of light reached through it toward me. I caught it in my hand and sat staring at it for a time. A metaphor for my life, I thought.”
- “Fool’s Fate” by Robin Hobb

Isn't it odd, on how sometimes although you've never personally met some people but when you hear about some excellent news which happened to them, you get this really warm moist feeling of happiness for the said people?

“Adrift upon the sea of time, the lonely god wanders from shore to distant shore, upholding the laws of the stars above.”
- “Brisinger” by Christopher Paolini