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Kilorn Warren
Mare’s younger sister. Gisa has a crush on Kilorn. Unlike Mare, Gisa has a particular talent that makes her employable: sewing. Gisa attempts to help Mare steal money from the Silvers, hoping to buy Kilorn’s passage out of the Stilts so that he will not be conscripted, but she is caught with her hand in someone’s pocket. As punishment, a security officer crushes her sewing hand, and Gisa is left unable to work. Gisa loves Mare, but she becomes somewhat cold toward her sister in the wake of her injury. Mare has always sensed that Gisa is her mother’s favorite child because she is able to work a real, legal job. It seems that Gisa’s frustration over her injury is in part because by emulating Mare’s pickpocketing, she has lost the thing that sets her apart as the favorite child.
Gisa Barrow Quotes in Red Queen
The Red Queen quotes below are all either spoken by Gisa Barrow or refer to Gisa Barrow. 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 2
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I’ve always wanted her hair, though I’d never tell her that. Where hers is like fire, my hair is what we call river brown. Dark at the root, pale at the ends, as the color leeches from our hair with the stress of Stilts life. Most keep their hair short to hide their gray ends but I don’t. I like the reminder that even my hair knows life shouldn’t be this way.
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Chapter 5
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There are worse lives to live. Don’t feel sorry for me.
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Gisa Barrow Quotes in Red Queen
The Red Queen quotes below are all either spoken by Gisa Barrow or refer to Gisa Barrow. 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 2
Quotes
I’ve always wanted her hair, though I’d never tell her that. Where hers is like fire, my hair is what we call river brown. Dark at the root, pale at the ends, as the color leeches from our hair with the stress of Stilts life. Most keep their hair short to hide their gray ends but I don’t. I like the reminder that even my hair knows life shouldn’t be this way.
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Chapter 5
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There are worse lives to live. Don’t feel sorry for me.
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