Citations:best friend


 * 1959, Marjorie Meyn Vetter, Laura Vitray, The Questions Girls Ask: Inspired by the Original Book by Helen Welshimer, page 70
 * What about a best friend? Many girls say they need not only friends, but also one "best friend".
 * 1978, American sociological review, volume 43, page 241
 * Since our interest is in the exclusiveness of best friend relationships
 * 1987, Armistead Maupin, Carl Dennis Buell, Significant Others, page 217
 * "Who's your best friend now?" Booter took the easy way out. ... "I guess I don't have a best friend right now."
 * 1995, Ursula Hegi, Stones from the River, page 204
 * She hadn't thought she'd ever have a best friend again.
 * 1997, Caroline Knapp, Drinking: A Love Story, page 104
 * It's not at all unusual in AA to hear people refer to alcohol as a best friend, and to mean that on the most visceral level:
 * 2002, Cassandra King, The Sunday Wife", page 383
 * Your so-called best friend. How can you live with yourself after what you did to her?"
 * 2004, Sophie Kinsella, Shopaholic & Sister, page 68
 * I'm Suze's best friend. Everyone knows that. "Lulu moved into the village six months ago ... "Every girl needs a best friend," says the other woman wisely.
 * 2006, Deborah Tannen, You're Wearing That?: Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation, page 146
 * When daughters are young, the best-friend role goes only one way: daughters tell mothers their problems, but mothers don't tell daughters their own.
 * 2007, Linda Urban, A Crooked Kind of Perfect, page 27
 * My best friend at school is Emma Dent. I say she's my best friend at school because we don't see each other outside of school.