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A “tall and gangling” twenty-two-year old from a small town in Pennsylvania who does not strike Francie as handsome but whose “shy smile” attracts her nonetheless. He is friends with Joey. On their first date, he and Francie go out for chop suey at a restaurant called Ruby’s. He has siblings back home, as well as a fiancée. He asks Francie if she will spend a night with him before he ships out to France for the First World War, saying that he loves her and wants to marry her when he returns home; she agrees. Later, Francie receives a letter from Lee’s wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Rhynor, telling her that she and Lee recently married, thanking Francie for entertaining him in New York, and apologizing to Francie for Lee’s pretending to be in love with her.
Corporal Leo “Lee” Rhynor Quotes in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The A Tree Grows in Brooklyn quotes below are all either spoken by Corporal Leo “Lee” Rhynor or refer to Corporal Leo “Lee” Rhynor. 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 52
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“People always think that happiness is a faraway thing,” thought Francie, “something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up; a place of shelter when it rains—a cup of strong hot coffee when you're blue; for a man, a cigarette for contentment; a book to read when you're alone-just to be with someone you love. Those things make happiness.”
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And he asked for her whole life as simply as he'd ask for a date. And she promised away her whole life as simply as she'd offer a hand in greeting
or farewell. It stopped raining after a while and the stars came out.
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Chapter 56
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She liked Ben. She liked him an awful lot. She wished that she could love him. If only he wasn't so sure of himself all the time. If only he’d stumble just
once. If only he needed her. Ah, well. She had five years to think it over.
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Corporal Leo “Lee” Rhynor Quotes in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The A Tree Grows in Brooklyn quotes below are all either spoken by Corporal Leo “Lee” Rhynor or refer to Corporal Leo “Lee” Rhynor. 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 52
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“People always think that happiness is a faraway thing,” thought Francie, “something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up; a place of shelter when it rains—a cup of strong hot coffee when you're blue; for a man, a cigarette for contentment; a book to read when you're alone-just to be with someone you love. Those things make happiness.”
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And he asked for her whole life as simply as he'd ask for a date. And she promised away her whole life as simply as she'd offer a hand in greeting
or farewell. It stopped raining after a while and the stars came out.
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Chapter 56
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She liked Ben. She liked him an awful lot. She wished that she could love him. If only he wasn't so sure of himself all the time. If only he’d stumble just
once. If only he needed her. Ah, well. She had five years to think it over.
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