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Jimmy is Eldon Starlight’s childhood best friend. He and Eldon took jobs together and worked seamlessly side-by-side, driving one another to accomplish more. Jimmy is fond of Eldon’s mother and becomes like part of the family, listening to Eldon’s mother’s storytelling each night. When Jenks starts abusing Eldon’s mother, Jimmy attacks Jenks, stunning and nearly killing him. Then he and Eldon run away. Later, he and Eldon enlist in the Canadian army to fight in the Korean War, becoming skilled reconnaissance scouts. On a nighttime mission, Jimmy gets severely wounded and signals to Eldon to kill him so they won’t be captured. Eldon never lives down the guilt.
Jimmy Weaseltail Quotes in Medicine Walk
The Medicine Walk quotes below are all either spoken by Jimmy Weaseltail or refer to Jimmy Weaseltail. 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 15
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"Jimmy used to say we're a Great Mystery. Everything. Said the things they done, those old-time Indians, was all about learnin' to live with that mystery. Not solving it, not comin' to grips with it, not even tryin' to guess it out. Just bein' with it. I guess I wish I'da learned the secret to doing that. […] I never belonged nowhere, Frank. Never belonged nowhere or to nobody," he said.
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Chapter 17
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He took the knife and held it under his ribcage and Jimmy stopped, his body going perfectly still as he stared at him over the rim of his hand. He closed his eyes. When he opened them again there was peace there and he nodded at him. The knife went in almost on its own and he twisted it like he was trained to do and leaned forward cheek to cheek with Jimmy and heard his last breath ease out of him.
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Jimmy Weaseltail Quotes in Medicine Walk
The Medicine Walk quotes below are all either spoken by Jimmy Weaseltail or refer to Jimmy Weaseltail. 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 15
Quotes
"Jimmy used to say we're a Great Mystery. Everything. Said the things they done, those old-time Indians, was all about learnin' to live with that mystery. Not solving it, not comin' to grips with it, not even tryin' to guess it out. Just bein' with it. I guess I wish I'da learned the secret to doing that. […] I never belonged nowhere, Frank. Never belonged nowhere or to nobody," he said.
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Chapter 17
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He took the knife and held it under his ribcage and Jimmy stopped, his body going perfectly still as he stared at him over the rim of his hand. He closed his eyes. When he opened them again there was peace there and he nodded at him. The knife went in almost on its own and he twisted it like he was trained to do and leaned forward cheek to cheek with Jimmy and heard his last breath ease out of him.
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