You made it so you were my only friend. Don’t think I didn’t know.
-- Sarah as Narrator ("BFF" paragraph )

Importance: The quote demonstrates how the author knows the power and influence her friend had over her while they growing into themselves. It is something Sarah recognizes, suggesting that she is complicit in this aspect of the friendship. It is as though she knows she must recognize the friend’s power in order to find her own.

I pretended other times with you. I pretended we were still best friends when we got our tattoos. I pretended to take your side when my father fired you after giving you a job when you were desperate. I pretended sympathy when you told me you wanted to kill yourself. Your daughter was three; how could you? I pretended to trust you many times when I didn’t. You shouldn’t have trusted me either.
-- Sarah as Narrator ("BFF" paragraph )

Importance: The quote shows...