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Grant’s beautiful girlfriend, Vivian Baptiste, is a schoolteacher in Bayonne, the nearest town to Grant’s home. Vivian is also a mother, and has a husband, though they are in the process of getting divorced. She provides near-constant love and affection for Grant during the months he spends visiting Jefferson. There are many times when Grant is ready to give up and move away from his home—on these occasions, Vivian always encourages Grant to stay and continue helping Jefferson and teaching his students. Though Vivian and Grant argue and bicker throughout the novel, their love for each other is never in any doubt. At many points, Grant finishes a difficult session with Tante Lou or Jefferson and goes to the Rainbow Club in Bayonne, where Vivian is usually waiting to talk to him.
Vivian Baptiste Quotes in A Lesson Before Dying
The A Lesson Before Dying quotes below are all either spoken by Vivian Baptiste or refer to Vivian Baptiste. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 18
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“I’m not doing any good up there, Vivian,” I said. “Nothing’s changing.”
“Something is,” she said.
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Chapter 26
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I went to the front door and jerked it open, and there was the screen. And through the screen I could see outside into the darkness, and I didn’t want to go out there. There was nothing outside this house that I cared for. Not school, not home, not my aunt, not the quarter, not anything else in the world. I don’t know how long I stood there looking out into the darkness—a couple of minutes, I suppose —then I went back into the kitchen. I knelt down and buried my face in her lap ...
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Vivian Baptiste Quotes in A Lesson Before Dying
The A Lesson Before Dying quotes below are all either spoken by Vivian Baptiste or refer to Vivian Baptiste. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 18
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“I’m not doing any good up there, Vivian,” I said. “Nothing’s changing.”
“Something is,” she said.
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Chapter 26
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I went to the front door and jerked it open, and there was the screen. And through the screen I could see outside into the darkness, and I didn’t want to go out there. There was nothing outside this house that I cared for. Not school, not home, not my aunt, not the quarter, not anything else in the world. I don’t know how long I stood there looking out into the darkness—a couple of minutes, I suppose —then I went back into the kitchen. I knelt down and buried my face in her lap ...
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