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Raymond’s mother. Mrs. Gibbons is a widower—Raymond’s father passed away shortly after Raymond started college—and, like Eleanor, she is acutely lonely. Mrs. Gibbons has arthritis, and Raymond visits her regularly to keep her company and to help out with chores around the house. Raymond invites Eleanor to accompany him on one of these visits, and Mrs. Gibbons becomes one of the first new people to enter Eleanor’s life. At first, Eleanor feels unwilling to accept affection and attention from Mrs. Gibbons. After realizing that she is worthy of love, however, Eleanor becomes more comfortable accepting Mrs. Gibbons’s kindness and is grateful for her friendship.
Mrs. Gibbons Quotes in Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
The Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Gibbons or refer to Mrs. Gibbons. 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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Good Days: Chapter 10
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I smiled at her. Twice in one day, to be the recipient of thanks and warm regard! I would never have suspected that small deeds could elicit such genuine, generous responses. I felt a little glow inside—not a blaze, more like a small, steady candle.
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Good Days: Chapter 20
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I realized that such small gestures—the way his mother had made me a cup of tea after our meal without asking, remembering that I didn’t take sugar, the way Laura had placed two biscuits on the saucer when she brought me coffee in the salon—such things could mean so much. I wondered how it would feel to perform such simple deeds for other people. I couldn’t remember. I had done such things in the past, tried to be kind, tried to take care, I knew that I had, but that was before. I tried, and I had failed, and all was lost to me afterward. I had no one to blame but myself.
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Mrs. Gibbons Quotes in Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
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Good Days: Chapter 10
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I smiled at her. Twice in one day, to be the recipient of thanks and warm regard! I would never have suspected that small deeds could elicit such genuine, generous responses. I felt a little glow inside—not a blaze, more like a small, steady candle.
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Good Days: Chapter 20
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I realized that such small gestures—the way his mother had made me a cup of tea after our meal without asking, remembering that I didn’t take sugar, the way Laura had placed two biscuits on the saucer when she brought me coffee in the salon—such things could mean so much. I wondered how it would feel to perform such simple deeds for other people. I couldn’t remember. I had done such things in the past, tried to be kind, tried to take care, I knew that I had, but that was before. I tried, and I had failed, and all was lost to me afterward. I had no one to blame but myself.
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