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Kitty is Laura’s next-door neighbor and the wife of Ray. Though Laura envies Kitty for her self-assurance, she also feels sympathy for her, believing that Kitty’s husband, Ray, a war veteran, doesn’t treat Kitty well. Laura secretly desires Kitty and at one point even kisses her after learning that Kitty has to go to the hospital to get an unusual growth examined. However, the intimate moment comes to an abrupt end when Laura realizes that her son, Richie, witnessed the interaction.
Kitty Quotes in The Hours
The The Hours quotes below are all either spoken by Kitty or refer to Kitty. 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 9: Mrs. Brown
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Laura releases Kitty. She steps back. She has gone too far, they’ve both gone too far, but it is Kitty who’s pulled away first. It is Kitty whose terrors have briefly propelled her, caused her to act strangely and desperately. Laura is the dark-eyed predator. Laura is the odd one, the foreigner, the one who can’t be trusted. Laura and Kitty agree, silently, that this is true.
Laura glances over at Richie. He is still holding the red truck. He is still watching.
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Chapter 13: Mrs. Woolf
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Nelly turns away and, although it is not at all their custom, Virginia leans forward and kisses Vanessa on the mouth. It is an innocent kiss, innocent enough, but just now, in this kitchen, behind Nelly’s back, it feels like the most delicious and forbidden of pleasures. Vanessa returns the kiss.
Chapter 19: Mrs. Brown
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The candles are lit. The song is sung. Dan, blowing the candles out, sprays a few tiny droplets of clear spittle onto the icing’s smooth surface. Laura applauds and, after a moment, Richie does, too.
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Kitty Quotes in The Hours
The The Hours quotes below are all either spoken by Kitty or refer to Kitty. 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 9: Mrs. Brown
Quotes
Laura releases Kitty. She steps back. She has gone too far, they’ve both gone too far, but it is Kitty who’s pulled away first. It is Kitty whose terrors have briefly propelled her, caused her to act strangely and desperately. Laura is the dark-eyed predator. Laura is the odd one, the foreigner, the one who can’t be trusted. Laura and Kitty agree, silently, that this is true.
Laura glances over at Richie. He is still holding the red truck. He is still watching.
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Chapter 13: Mrs. Woolf
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Nelly turns away and, although it is not at all their custom, Virginia leans forward and kisses Vanessa on the mouth. It is an innocent kiss, innocent enough, but just now, in this kitchen, behind Nelly’s back, it feels like the most delicious and forbidden of pleasures. Vanessa returns the kiss.
Chapter 19: Mrs. Brown
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The candles are lit. The song is sung. Dan, blowing the candles out, sprays a few tiny droplets of clear spittle onto the icing’s smooth surface. Laura applauds and, after a moment, Richie does, too.
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