I continued down the mental list, racing through my good friends, my great friends, my lifelong friends, the people who sure as shit better show up at my funeral. Most of them felt like they were still in my life, but why? Because I knew what their kids looked like from Facebook? It had been years since I’d last seen most of them. Decades for a few.”
-- The Author (Narration) (One)

Importance: This quote shows the author's state of mind at the beginning of what becomes the personal journey of discovery and transformation chronicled by the narrative. It marks the start of his process of self-examination and discovery that, in turn, leads him to the choices he makes to both shore up his old friendships and start making new ones.

Friends were what we did after the ‘important’ stuff was done, and that shit is never done.
-- The Author (Narration) (Two)

Importance: This quote is taken from a section...