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Abanazer Bolger
Josiah Worthington is a ghost in the graveyard who lived about 300 years ago. He was a brewer, a politician, and served as a baronet in the British army. Due to his wealth and respected status, Josiah Worthington purchased the graveyard’s land and ensured that it would remain a graveyard. In death, he doesn’t feel as though the other souls appreciate him enough for performing this service. He thinks highly of himself—in life, he even reserved the best plot in the graveyard for himself—and many of the graveyard’s residents defer to him. Josiah Worthington is one of the loudest voices arguing that Bod shouldn’t be allowed to stay in the graveyard.
Josiah Worthington Quotes in The Graveyard Book
The The Graveyard Book quotes below are all either spoken by Josiah Worthington or refer to Josiah Worthington. 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 5
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Josiah Worthington said, “The dead and the living do not mingle, boy. We are no longer part of their world; they are no part of ours. If it happened that we danced the danse macabre with them, the dance of death, then we would not speak of it, and we certainly would not speak of it to the living.”
“But I’m one of you.”
“Not yet, boy. Not for a lifetime.”
And Bod realized why he had danced as one of the living and not as one of the crew that had walked down the hill, and he said only, “I see...I think.”
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Josiah Worthington Quotes in The Graveyard Book
The The Graveyard Book quotes below are all either spoken by Josiah Worthington or refer to Josiah Worthington. 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 5
Quotes
Josiah Worthington said, “The dead and the living do not mingle, boy. We are no longer part of their world; they are no part of ours. If it happened that we danced the danse macabre with them, the dance of death, then we would not speak of it, and we certainly would not speak of it to the living.”
“But I’m one of you.”
“Not yet, boy. Not for a lifetime.”
And Bod realized why he had danced as one of the living and not as one of the crew that had walked down the hill, and he said only, “I see...I think.”
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