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Cinder/Cynthia’s Grandfather
Miss Fran was Cinder’s girlfriend; she was an old lady who died when Cynthia was seven years old. A mail carrier who always wore red lipstick, Miss Fran would often stick stamps on Cynthia’s cheeks and threaten to mail her to Ookabooka Land. To help Cinder remember her, Cynthia picks up “giggles”—cigarette butts, preferably smeared in lipstick—for him.
Miss Fran Quotes in Look Both Ways
The Look Both Ways quotes below are all either spoken by Miss Fran or refer to Miss Fran. 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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8. Ookabooka Land
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That’s all Say-So ever wanted. A love thing with her mother, the way her grandfather had with Miss Fran—through laughter. And since her mother was too busy to break, well then, anyone would have to do. A smile is a smile. A ha is a ha. So every day she’d rattle off her jokes at the end of class, bathing in her classmates’ crack-ups.
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“What would happen if a school bus fell from the sky?”
Cynthia thought for a second, a smile creeping onto her lips. “I mean…is it coming from Ookabooka Land?”
Silence.
Just that thought between them. Cynthia looking at her grandfather, her Cinderella, her cinder block. The man who taught her to perform. Taught her that life is funny most of the time, and the times it ain’t funny are even funnier. And there ain’t no forgetting that.
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Miss Fran Quotes in Look Both Ways
The Look Both Ways quotes below are all either spoken by Miss Fran or refer to Miss Fran. 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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8. Ookabooka Land
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That’s all Say-So ever wanted. A love thing with her mother, the way her grandfather had with Miss Fran—through laughter. And since her mother was too busy to break, well then, anyone would have to do. A smile is a smile. A ha is a ha. So every day she’d rattle off her jokes at the end of class, bathing in her classmates’ crack-ups.
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“What would happen if a school bus fell from the sky?”
Cynthia thought for a second, a smile creeping onto her lips. “I mean…is it coming from Ookabooka Land?”
Silence.
Just that thought between them. Cynthia looking at her grandfather, her Cinderella, her cinder block. The man who taught her to perform. Taught her that life is funny most of the time, and the times it ain’t funny are even funnier. And there ain’t no forgetting that.
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