朋友就是一切

醜醜的人物形象，卻是一份值得永久收藏的純真

mary和max的友誼，開始的有些戲劇性。一個小孩幼稚簡單的話語，一個中年失意者無奈卻又新奇的回覆，但就是這樣的一段友誼，卻為兩個not perfect people帶來了無法捨棄的情誼與精神依賴！雖然mary利用了max的故事，並一舉成名——但這個單純的小女孩，並不是有意的，而為此她也受到了懲罰，不過讓我無比欣慰的是 max原諒了她...

dear mary:
please find enclosed my entire noblet collection as a sign that i forgive you. when i recive your book, the emotion inside my brain felt like they were in a tumble dryer, smashing into each other. the hurt felt like when i accidentlly stapled my lips together. the reason i forgive you is because you are not perfect. you are imperfect, and so am i. all humans are imperfect, even the man outside my apartment who litters. when i was young, i want to be anybody but myself, Dr.Bernard Hazelhof said if i was on a desert island, then i would have to get used to my own company, just me and the coconuts. he said i would have to accept myself, my warts and all, and that we dont get to choose our warts. they are a part of us and we have to live with them. we can, however, choose our friends. and i am glad i have chosen you. Dr.Bernard Hazelhof also said that, everyone's live are like a very long sidewalk. some are well paved. others, like mine, have cracks, banana skins and cigarette butts. your sidewalk is like mine, but probably not as many cracks. hopefully, one day, our sidewalks will meet, and we can share a can of condensed milk.

you are my best friend. you are my only friend
                  
                                           your american penpal, max jerry horowitz


最後，當mery一年後帶著她的孩子來到美國時，max died peacefully that morning...

也許這就是命運！

我們總是一再地錯過錯過再錯過，因為那一個個事後想想並不那麼重要的理由，但又有誰知道我們下一秒將會面對什麼呢...總以為我們還有那麼多的時間，但無情的現實總是讓我們一次又一次的陷入悔恨中。

珍惜現在的一切吧，至少此時此刻的你是被需要的，是被依靠的...