Original artwork, not a still
One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Adams sets a high bar for friendship: shared ideas, lives that run alongside each other, and ambitions that keep both people engaged. That helps explain his startlingly small numbers. He's describing a rare depth of connection, rather than counting everyone we enjoy seeing.
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