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Ellie’s Mum/Katrina
Mrs. Morrison is the headmistress of Marcus’s new school. When she learns about the bullies who steal the brand-new trainers Will buys for Marcus, she underplays the severity of the situation and suggests that Marcus simply stay out of their way. Her words enrage Marcus, who, tired of the relentless bullying, boldly walks out of their meeting and skips the rest of the school day in retaliation.
Headmistress/Mrs. Morrison Quotes in About a Boy
The About a Boy quotes below are all either spoken by Headmistress/Mrs. Morrison or refer to Headmistress/Mrs. Morrison . 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 33
Quotes
‘You don’t know anything.’
‘I know some things. I know about that. I’ll tell you, Ellie, you don’t feel anything like my mum, or Kurt Cobain. You shouldn’t say that you feel like killing yourself when you don’t. It’s not right.’
Ellie shook her head and laughed her low nobody-understands-me laugh, a noise that Marcus hadn’t heard since the day they met outside Mrs. Morrison’s office. She was right, he hadn’t understood her then; he understood her much better now.
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Headmistress/Mrs. Morrison Quotes in About a Boy
The About a Boy quotes below are all either spoken by Headmistress/Mrs. Morrison or refer to Headmistress/Mrs. Morrison . 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:
).
Chapter 33
Quotes
‘You don’t know anything.’
‘I know some things. I know about that. I’ll tell you, Ellie, you don’t feel anything like my mum, or Kurt Cobain. You shouldn’t say that you feel like killing yourself when you don’t. It’s not right.’
Ellie shook her head and laughed her low nobody-understands-me laugh, a noise that Marcus hadn’t heard since the day they met outside Mrs. Morrison’s office. She was right, he hadn’t understood her then; he understood her much better now.
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