A it means lack of sense, foolishness
What is a friend? A friend is always there when your in a tight space or even just there to hang out and have a conversation. Friends are people who can you can comfort or they can comfort you.You can talk to them in tough times, or you can be there to encourage them. Friends are like family, you should never let them go.
Answer:
Book: The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Author: Katherine Anne Porter
Sixty years earlier Ellen, or the dying grandma, was supposed to marry a man named George but he left her on the day of their wedding. Out of spite for George she married John and started a family with him.
The effect was that sixty years later she refuses that she is dying and she is also very harsh with ther family.
I think its referring to a poem called:
the tide rises, the tide falls
I think what they are talking about in this is the darker it gets outside the more dangerous it gets so the kids outside playing should get home by their curfew. Into the safety of their families.
Hope that helped :)