Friendship Quotes in The Golem and the Jinni

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

She'd never even been his lover! And yet the memories refused to lie still, to grow weathered and distant, the way he desperately wanted to. (23.103)

The Jinni doesn't seem to understand that it's possible to like the Golem, a woman, in a non-sexual way. What? Be friends with a dame? Unheard of.