for nobu

[ursula]

There was a time when I barely knew you, and a time when we had been friends forever; somehow, looking back, there doesn't seem to have been any transition. You come across as lively, and a little bit reckless. I suspect, though, that much of that recklessness is-- viewed from the proper context, your private context-- incredible bravery.

My mother said once that what you really need to do is write a novel all the way through, and I think that's still true.