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Ana Kuya was the strict, elderly housekeeper who ran Duke Keramsov’s estate and was in charge of managing the many orphans who lived on the estate. While it’s implied that she wasn’t the nicest to any of the children, she particularly disliked Alina. Mal and Alina reminisce about Ana Kuya often, and in their memories she’s a fierce adversary—but as adults, they also recognize that she was probably doing her best in a difficult situation. Alina also comes to realize that Ana Kuya was very snobby and went out of her way to make sure that the orphans in her care learned upper-class manners and conduct.
Ana Kuya Quotes in Shadow and Bone
The Shadow and Bone quotes below are all either spoken by Ana Kuya or refer to Ana Kuya. 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 21
Quotes
Dimly, I’d been aware that I still had a shard of the blue cup in my hand, that it was digging into my palm, but I didn’t want to let go.
When he finally set me down and ambled off to the kitchen to find his lunch, I had stood there, my palm dripping blood, my head still spinning, knowing that everything had changed.
Ana Kuya had scolded me for getting blood on the clean kitchen floor. She’d bandaged my hand and told me it would heal. But I knew it would just go on hurting.
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Ana Kuya Quotes in Shadow and Bone
The Shadow and Bone quotes below are all either spoken by Ana Kuya or refer to Ana Kuya. 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 21
Quotes
Dimly, I’d been aware that I still had a shard of the blue cup in my hand, that it was digging into my palm, but I didn’t want to let go.
When he finally set me down and ambled off to the kitchen to find his lunch, I had stood there, my palm dripping blood, my head still spinning, knowing that everything had changed.
Ana Kuya had scolded me for getting blood on the clean kitchen floor. She’d bandaged my hand and told me it would heal. But I knew it would just go on hurting.
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