Eleemosynary | Quotes

Eleemosynary Quotes

"Eleemosynary. It's my favorite word." (Scene 1, p. 7)

"There's something about the Westbrook women. We have this expectation about ourselves. To be extraordinary. It's a little like having a disease in the family." (Scene 1, p. 11)

"I have trouble touching my daughter. I have trouble touching most people, but I don't worry about that. It's my daughter that worries me." (Scene 2, p. 14)

"It's a life." (Scene 2, p. 17)

"Life is a swift ascent, followed by an endless, downward, dreamy, downward mutation." (Scene 3, p. 20)

"As for my father-well, the only sentence of genuine interest he ever uttered about me was, 'Is it a boy?'". (Scene 3, p. 21)

"So you could give back to others what you find beautiful about them." (Scene 4, p. 25)

"We all need forgiveness." (Scene 4, p. 26)

"It's hard for Grandma-dedicating her life to theories that are... difficult...
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