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Carlos Marcano
Sam is probably Liz’s best friend, and certainly one of the most important people in her life. The two girls meet in middle school, where Sam is a popular student and Liz is new and shy. Sam takes Liz under her wing, and from then on, they’re inseparable. Like Liz, Sam is hardworking, energetic, and ambitious, and the two friends often discuss moving out of New York and traveling across the country together. But Sam is also surprisingly tender and vulnerable beneath her confident façade, a quality that seems to endear her to Liz. For many months, Sam and Liz live together with Carlos Marcano; however, they become separated as Carlos’s behavior becomes increasingly irrational. Liz sees relatively little of Sam after she enrolls in the Humanities Preparatory Academy. In part, this is because Liz wants to focus on her studies, and Sam, whether or not she’s a good friend, has often distracted Liz from school. At the end of her memoir, however, Liz reports that Sam is happily married and that the two of them are still good friends.
Samantha / Sam Quotes in Breaking Night
The Breaking Night quotes below are all either spoken by Samantha / Sam or refer to Samantha / Sam. 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 5
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At night, under my bed, sometimes I could hear her crying softly. But whenever I asked her what was wrong, she'd brush it off, say it was just her allergies or that I was hearing things. But I knew better. Sometimes, when she snored in her sleep—a cute little whistle—I'd reach down and touch a piece of her hair, run it through my fingers, stare at how, in the darkness of our room, the moonlight turned it glossy as polished onyx. I will keep her safe, I told myself.
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"Liz, shut up," she answered. "You know I love your white ass, don't even sweat it."
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Chapter 6
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"Okay, just one more thing," I told her. "Hold on." I slid a chair over to reach the top shelf of my closet, where I'd hidden Ma's NA coin and that one photo of her, the black-and-white one from when she was a teenager, living on the streets. Opening my journal, I slipped the picture carefully inside and snapped the book shut.
"Now I can go," I said. "Let's just go."
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Chapter 8
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In the center of the foil, ever so faint and small, I found tiny specks of white powder.
"Sam! Sam."
"Yeah."
"Don't flush. Be quiet and look at this. . . . He's on coke."
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Samantha / Sam Quotes in Breaking Night
The Breaking Night quotes below are all either spoken by Samantha / Sam or refer to Samantha / Sam. 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 5
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At night, under my bed, sometimes I could hear her crying softly. But whenever I asked her what was wrong, she'd brush it off, say it was just her allergies or that I was hearing things. But I knew better. Sometimes, when she snored in her sleep—a cute little whistle—I'd reach down and touch a piece of her hair, run it through my fingers, stare at how, in the darkness of our room, the moonlight turned it glossy as polished onyx. I will keep her safe, I told myself.
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"Liz, shut up," she answered. "You know I love your white ass, don't even sweat it."
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Chapter 6
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"Okay, just one more thing," I told her. "Hold on." I slid a chair over to reach the top shelf of my closet, where I'd hidden Ma's NA coin and that one photo of her, the black-and-white one from when she was a teenager, living on the streets. Opening my journal, I slipped the picture carefully inside and snapped the book shut.
"Now I can go," I said. "Let's just go."
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Chapter 8
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In the center of the foil, ever so faint and small, I found tiny specks of white powder.
"Sam! Sam."
"Yeah."
"Don't flush. Be quiet and look at this. . . . He's on coke."
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