" Yeah. So the period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is for reflection. You're supposed to think about mistakes, ask forgiveness, make resolutions. That sort of thing. And then Yom Kippur is, essentially, the deadline...

So, Wait. You contemplated your life and . . . resolved to become my friend? Even though you're no longer a practicing Jew?

Josh gives me a wicked smile. "Is that a requirement for your friendship? "

― Stephanie Perkins , Isla and the Happily Ever After (Anna and the French Kiss, #3)