Friendship is Unnecessary

But it just might make life worth living: on Anam Cara and Soul Friendships

“Friendship is unnecessary,” C.S. Lewis once wrote.

What a strange and harsh statement for a man so defined by his friendships - the man of the Inklings and pints at “The Bird and Baby” - the man who so often stumbled in his romantic relationships and never quite let his wounded motherless heart heal.

Lewis found rest in his friends. They were his intel…