We invited him to all of our weddings; he was famous. We addressed the invitations to his record company’s skyscraper in New York City so that the gaudy, gilded envelopes could be forwarded to him on tour — in Beirut, Helsinki, Tokyo. Places beyond our ken or our limited means.
-- Narrator (Henry) (H)

Importance: In this quote, Henry discusses how Lee had a life different from anyone else in Little Wing. He not only got to visit places they only dreamed about, he also had money they could only dream about.

I nodded, realizing that the limousine and the party had been a bad idea, that it was all a very bad idea, and now we were swept up into it; Lee had demanded that Ronny be invited, but now he saw the party as being a great danger to his friend. Lee sat rigidly, his fists clenched, jaw set.
-- Narrator (Henry) (H)

Importance: Even though Lee had...