..."Years ago, in an old notebook, I wrote,"One of Julian's most attractive qualities is his inability to see anyone or anything in its true light. Julian was constantly in the process of reinventing the people and events around him, conferring kindness, or wisdom, or bravery, or charm on actions which contained nothing of the sort. ..... I loved him for that flattering light in which he saw me, for the person I was when I was with him, for what he allowed me to be."
page 479 The Secret History Donna Tartt
