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Dibs’s maternal grandmother is one of the few people who empathizes with Dibs early on in his life. Unlike Dibs’s mother, who constantly tests Dibs, Dibs’s grandmother simply lets him be himself—and as a result, they have a good relationship. In his therapy sessions with Dr. Axline, Dibs often describes how much he loves his grandmother. Towards the end of the book, he even gives her the special branch that Jake gave him—an indication of his trust in her and her understanding of him.
Dibs’s Grandmother Quotes in Dibs in Search of Self
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Chapter 17
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Always testing him. Always doubting his capacity. Trying to get closer to him and all the time only building a wall between us. And he always did just enough to keep me at it. I don’t think any child was ever so tormented with the constant demands made upon him that he pass this test and that test—always, always he had to prove that he had capacity. He had no peace. Except when his grandmother came to visit. They had a good relationship with each other. He relaxed with her. He didn’t talk much to her. But she accepted him the way he was and she always believed in him. She used to tell me that if I relaxed and let him alone he’d come out of it all right.
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Dibs’s Grandmother Quotes in Dibs in Search of Self
The Dibs in Search of Self quotes below are all either spoken by Dibs’s Grandmother or refer to Dibs’s Grandmother. 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 17
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Always testing him. Always doubting his capacity. Trying to get closer to him and all the time only building a wall between us. And he always did just enough to keep me at it. I don’t think any child was ever so tormented with the constant demands made upon him that he pass this test and that test—always, always he had to prove that he had capacity. He had no peace. Except when his grandmother came to visit. They had a good relationship with each other. He relaxed with her. He didn’t talk much to her. But she accepted him the way he was and she always believed in him. She used to tell me that if I relaxed and let him alone he’d come out of it all right.
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