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William “Stuttering Bill” Denbrough
Bill Denbrough’s six-year-old younger brother and the youngest son of Zack and Sharon Denbrough. George, often called “Georgie,” has a fear of the dark and last sees Bill when his older brother helps him make a paper boat that George takes out into the rain. George is last seen wearing a yellow slicker and red galoshes. When his paper boat goes into a sewer drain, he reaches in to get it and has his arm pulled out of its socket by Pennywise the Dancing Clown. The boy dies instantly. Dave Gardener discovers George’s body, wraps him in a quilt, and takes him back to the Denbrough house. George’s parents remain distraught after his death, causing them to ignore Bill. Later, George appears to Bill as one of the many shapes that It takes to terrorize Bill. While looking at George’s photograph album, Bill comes across a picture of George that becomes animated and winks at him.
George Elmer Denbrough / “Georgie” Quotes in It
The It quotes below are all either spoken by George Elmer Denbrough / “Georgie” or refer to George Elmer Denbrough / “Georgie” . 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 14
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He saw the gratitude in their eyes and felt a measure of gladness for them…but their gratitude did little to heal his own horror. In fact, there was something in their gratitude which made him want to hate them. Would he never be able to express his own terror […]? Because in some measure at least he was using them […] And was even that the bottom? No, because George was dead, and if revenge could be exacted at all, Bill suspected it could only be exacted on behalf of the living. And what did that make him? A selfish little shit waving a tin sword and trying to make himself look like King Arthur? Oh Christ, he groaned to himself, if this is the stuff adults have to think about I never want to grow up. His resolve was still strong, but it was bitter resolve. Bitter.
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George Elmer Denbrough / “Georgie” Quotes in It
The It quotes below are all either spoken by George Elmer Denbrough / “Georgie” or refer to George Elmer Denbrough / “Georgie” . 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 14
Quotes
He saw the gratitude in their eyes and felt a measure of gladness for them…but their gratitude did little to heal his own horror. In fact, there was something in their gratitude which made him want to hate them. Would he never be able to express his own terror […]? Because in some measure at least he was using them […] And was even that the bottom? No, because George was dead, and if revenge could be exacted at all, Bill suspected it could only be exacted on behalf of the living. And what did that make him? A selfish little shit waving a tin sword and trying to make himself look like King Arthur? Oh Christ, he groaned to himself, if this is the stuff adults have to think about I never want to grow up. His resolve was still strong, but it was bitter resolve. Bitter.
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