He liked the works of his friends, which is beautiful as loyalty but can be disastrous as judgement.

You could omit anything if you knew that the omitted part would strengthen the short story and make people feel something more than they understood

I don't feel any way,' the girl said. 'I just know things.

All I know is that young boys sleep late and hard.

Here is the piece. If you can't say fornicate can you say copulate or if not that can you say co-habit? If not that would have to say consummate I suppose. Use your own good taste and judgment.

But did thee feel the earth move?

All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.