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Nadine Shaw’s daughter, Francesca is one of Araminta’s friends who attends the bachelorette weekend. Eleanor ropes Francesca into her scheme to run Rachel off, and Francesca takes her role seriously—it’s implied that she’s responsible for putting a mutilated fish in Rachel’s bag at the bachelorette. Francesca takes this so seriously in part because she sees wealth as a person’s most important asset. However, Francesca experiences a nasty shock when her grandfather wakes up from a yearslong coma and, enraged by how his family members have been spending his money, cuts off her allowance. She throws tantrums, as she insists she’s unable to survive on her lawyer’s salary. Nick has known Francesca since they were kids, and the narration reveals that she was a different—and nicer—person before she gained access to her grandfather’s money.
Francesca Shaw Quotes in Crazy Rich Asians
The Crazy Rich Asians quotes below are all either spoken by Francesca Shaw or refer to Francesca Shaw. 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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Part 2, Chapter 8
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“Did you see what she was wearing? Where did she get that cheap-looking tunic top—Mango?”
“How can you expect her to have any style? Think she gets it from reading American Vogue? Hahaha.”
“Actually, Francesca says that she’s not even ABC—she was born in Mainland China.”
“I knew it! She’s got that same desperate look all my servants have.”
“Well here’s a chance for her to get some decent clothes at last!”
“Just you watch, with all that Young money she’s going to upgrade pretty damn quick.”
“We’ll see—all the money in the world can’t buy taste if you weren’t born with it.”
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Part 2, Chapter 11
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“Isabel, I’m going to tell it to you like it is, because everyone here is wasting your time being polite. You can’t afford to fall in love with Simon. Let me break it down for you. Let’s be generous and assume that Simon is making a measly eight hundred thousand a year. After taxes and CPF, his take-home is only about half a million. Where are you going to live on that kind of money? [...] We’ve already spent four hundred and seventy thousand of Simon’s salary, which leaves just thirty thousand for everything else. How are you going to put food on the table and clothe your babies with that? [...] Don’t you see? It’s impossible for you to marry Simon. We wouldn’t worry if you had your own money, but you know your situation. The clock is ticking on your pretty face.”
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Francesca Shaw Quotes in Crazy Rich Asians
The Crazy Rich Asians quotes below are all either spoken by Francesca Shaw or refer to Francesca Shaw. 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:
).
Part 2, Chapter 8
Quotes
“Did you see what she was wearing? Where did she get that cheap-looking tunic top—Mango?”
“How can you expect her to have any style? Think she gets it from reading American Vogue? Hahaha.”
“Actually, Francesca says that she’s not even ABC—she was born in Mainland China.”
“I knew it! She’s got that same desperate look all my servants have.”
“Well here’s a chance for her to get some decent clothes at last!”
“Just you watch, with all that Young money she’s going to upgrade pretty damn quick.”
“We’ll see—all the money in the world can’t buy taste if you weren’t born with it.”
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Part 2, Chapter 11
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“Isabel, I’m going to tell it to you like it is, because everyone here is wasting your time being polite. You can’t afford to fall in love with Simon. Let me break it down for you. Let’s be generous and assume that Simon is making a measly eight hundred thousand a year. After taxes and CPF, his take-home is only about half a million. Where are you going to live on that kind of money? [...] We’ve already spent four hundred and seventy thousand of Simon’s salary, which leaves just thirty thousand for everything else. How are you going to put food on the table and clothe your babies with that? [...] Don’t you see? It’s impossible for you to marry Simon. We wouldn’t worry if you had your own money, but you know your situation. The clock is ticking on your pretty face.”
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