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Margaret Myers is a sex worker who takes up residence in the room above Loonie’s family pub. Loonie burrows a spyhole into the wall of her room and watches her with clients, regaling Bruce with wild stories what he sees. Sensing that Bruce doesn’t believe him, he makes Bruce come one day to see for himself. It turns out that the man with Margaret on this occasion is Loonie’s own father, Karl, but Loonie doesn’t look away. The spying scene inaugurates young Bruce’s interest in sex and simultaneously links it with perversion and transgression, a link that will stay with him into adulthood.
Margaret Myers Quotes in Breath
The Breath quotes below are all either spoken by Margaret Myers or refer to Margaret Myers . 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:
).
Pages 118-161
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I had the sudden and perilous urge to touch her. I wanted to feel her ruined knee and I didn’t know why. I reached out.
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Margaret Myers Quotes in Breath
The Breath quotes below are all either spoken by Margaret Myers or refer to Margaret Myers . 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:
).
Pages 118-161
Quotes
I had the sudden and perilous urge to touch her. I wanted to feel her ruined knee and I didn’t know why. I reached out.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
