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Aunty Viv
Aunty June, aunt to Beth Teller and sister-in-law to Michael Teller, loves athletic clothes, health food, and exercise, in contrast with her sister Aunty Viv, who loves high heels and dessert. Aunty June nicknames Beth “butterfly girl” due to her joyous focus on the present moment; after Beth dies, Aunty Beth chooses to grieve Beth with “laughter,” telling Beth’s cousins funny stories about Beth’s life. As a ghost, Beth prefers Aunty June’s happy memorials to her father Michael’s obsessive grief and imagines that Aunty June would be disappointed with her for haunting Michael rather than moving on to the afterlife. Beth’s respect for Aunty June’s healthy grieving process and her worry that Aunty June would disapprove of her continued presence in the physical world foreshadow Beth’s decision to travel to the afterlife at the novel’s end.
Aunty June Quotes in Catching Teller Crow
The Catching Teller Crow quotes below are all either spoken by Aunty June or refer to Aunty June. 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 2. Beth: The Home
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And it’s OK to be sad, but you can’t love someone only with tears. There’s got to be laughter too.
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Chapter 14. Beth: The Colours
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Mum had been there my whole life, helping me be a butterfly girl.
Maybe all hopeful thoughts were just someone who loved us, reaching out from another side. Which meant I could be there for my family even after I’d crossed over!
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Chapter 17. Catching: The Two
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People can time travel inside their heads.
Remember into the past.
Imagine into the future.
But sometimes you can’t escape the now.
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Aunty June Quotes in Catching Teller Crow
The Catching Teller Crow quotes below are all either spoken by Aunty June or refer to Aunty June. 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 2. Beth: The Home
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And it’s OK to be sad, but you can’t love someone only with tears. There’s got to be laughter too.
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Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 14. Beth: The Colours
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Mum had been there my whole life, helping me be a butterfly girl.
Maybe all hopeful thoughts were just someone who loved us, reaching out from another side. Which meant I could be there for my family even after I’d crossed over!
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Chapter 17. Catching: The Two
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People can time travel inside their heads.
Remember into the past.
Imagine into the future.
But sometimes you can’t escape the now.
