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Rhonda Boney
Amy’s father, a gregarious man who, along with his wife, has constructed an empire and accumulated a massive deal of wealth by plagiarizing Amy’s childhood as fodder for a series of educational children’s books titled Amazing Amy. Rand and his wife, Marybeth, clearly cherish their only daughter, but put enormous pressure on her to succeed—and sniped at her failures through their fictive book series whenever Amy struggled or failed in life. Rand and Marybeth squander their fortunes by living beyond their means for years while Amy sales suffer, and ultimately have to borrow back the bulk of the trust fund they’d set aside for their daughter—plunging Amy and Nick into financial ruin, as well. Both Rand and Marybeth are warm and kind, but there is something selfish and cold running just underneath the surface of both their personas.
Rand Elliott Quotes in Gone Girl
The Gone Girl quotes below are all either spoken by Rand Elliott or refer to Rand Elliott. 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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4. Amy, Diary Entry, Sep 18th, 2005
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My parents have always worried that I’d take Amy too personally—they always tell me not to read too much into her. And yet I can’t fail to notice that whenever I screw something up, Amy does it right… […] This used to drive me mad… […] That my parents, two child psychologists, chose this particular public form of passive-aggressiveness toward their child was not just fucked up but also stupid and weird and kind of hilarious. So be it.
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Rand Elliott Quotes in Gone Girl
The Gone Girl quotes below are all either spoken by Rand Elliott or refer to Rand Elliott. 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:
).
4. Amy, Diary Entry, Sep 18th, 2005
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My parents have always worried that I’d take Amy too personally—they always tell me not to read too much into her. And yet I can’t fail to notice that whenever I screw something up, Amy does it right… […] This used to drive me mad… […] That my parents, two child psychologists, chose this particular public form of passive-aggressiveness toward their child was not just fucked up but also stupid and weird and kind of hilarious. So be it.
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