I think we are well advised
to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether
we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up
unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind’s
door at 4 a.m. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted
them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends. We forget
all too soon the things we thought we could never
forget.