on the ending of a friendship
- Written by Kevin John Brophy, Emeritus Professor of Creative writing, University of Melbourne

Friendship is an incomparable, immeasurable boon to me, and a source of life — not metaphorically but literally.
-Simone Weil
About eight years ago, I went to dinner with a dear friend I had known for more than 40 years. It would be the last time we would see each other and by the end of that evening I was deeply shaken. But more...