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Isobel (“Izzie”) Todd
Ursula’s older sister and the second oldest of the Todd children. Pamela is practical and confident; growing up Ursula looks up to her. Pamela and Maurice constantly get into arguments as children because he thinks that girls are stupid. Pamela seems determined to defy him: she is very intelligent and studies chemistry through school. After she marries a doctor named Harold, however, she becomes completely wrapped up in motherhood. She has several children—all boys—before finally having a girl named Sarah. After they grow and leave the house, Pamela returns to working life and becomes a chief magistrate. Throughout her life, Pamela is a close confidant of Ursula’s, and Ursula always relies on Pamela to see situations clearly.
Pamela Todd Quotes in Life After Life
The Life After Life quotes below are all either spoken by Pamela Todd or refer to Pamela Todd. 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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Like a Fox in a Hole, Aug 1926 (I)
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“But he forced himself on you,” she fumed, “how can you think it was your fault?”
“But the consequences...” Ursula murmured.
Sylvie blamed her entirely, of course. “You’ve thrown away your virtue, your character, everyone’s good opinion of you.”
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The Land of Begin Again, Aug 1939
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Powerful men needed their women to be unchallenging, the home should not be an arena for intellectual debate. “My own husband told me this so it must be true!” she wrote to Pamela.
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A Long Hard War, Jun 1967
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“An awful lot of people would still be alive.”
“Well, yes, obviously. And the whole cultural face of Europe would be different because of the Jews. […] But perhaps Goering or Himmler would have stepped in. And everything would have happened in just the same way.”
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Pamela Todd Quotes in Life After Life
The Life After Life quotes below are all either spoken by Pamela Todd or refer to Pamela Todd. 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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Like a Fox in a Hole, Aug 1926 (I)
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“But he forced himself on you,” she fumed, “how can you think it was your fault?”
“But the consequences...” Ursula murmured.
Sylvie blamed her entirely, of course. “You’ve thrown away your virtue, your character, everyone’s good opinion of you.”
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The Land of Begin Again, Aug 1939
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Powerful men needed their women to be unchallenging, the home should not be an arena for intellectual debate. “My own husband told me this so it must be true!” she wrote to Pamela.
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A Long Hard War, Jun 1967
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“An awful lot of people would still be alive.”
“Well, yes, obviously. And the whole cultural face of Europe would be different because of the Jews. […] But perhaps Goering or Himmler would have stepped in. And everything would have happened in just the same way.”
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