How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #13
"Theirs was one of these strange, profound, rare friendships between brown and white in which the very difference of race seems to draw two human beings closer by some mystic element of sympathy." (26.4)
The friendship between Dain Waris and Jim revolves largely around ideas of racial difference. These two can never be just friends; they are always defined by their races. And the fact that their friendship is "strange" is telling, don't you think?