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Boris Pavlikovsky
Audrey is Theo’s mother. She dies very early in the novel, so most of what the reader learns about her comes in the form of Theo’s memories. As a beautiful young woman, she moved to New York City from Kansas and began working as a model, which allowed her to save up enough money to put herself through a BA and Master’s in Art History. However, Audrey then met and married Larry, and this put a stop to her burgeoning academic career. Audrey loved art, and she was always taking Theo to cultural institutions and events. Because Theo idolized her so much (and because the novel is narrated from his point of view), the reader gets the impression that Audrey is essentially a perfect person, and never learns if she has any flaws.
Audrey Decker Quotes in The Goldfinch
The The Goldfinch quotes below are all either spoken by Audrey Decker or refer to Audrey Decker . 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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Part 1, Chapter 1
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“People die, sure,” my mother was saying. “But it’s so heartbreaking and unnecessary how we lose things. From pure carelessness. Fires, wars. The Parthenon, used as a munitions storehouse. I guess that anything we manage to save from history is a miracle.”
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Audrey Decker Quotes in The Goldfinch
The The Goldfinch quotes below are all either spoken by Audrey Decker or refer to Audrey Decker . 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:
).
Part 1, Chapter 1
Quotes
“People die, sure,” my mother was saying. “But it’s so heartbreaking and unnecessary how we lose things. From pure carelessness. Fires, wars. The Parthenon, used as a munitions storehouse. I guess that anything we manage to save from history is a miracle.”
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
