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Townhouse is a former inmate at Salina who worked alongside Emmett, Duchess, and Woolly. Townhouse is a young Black man and suffered racist abuse at Salina, which Duchess feels partly responsible for. Seeking to “settle his debt” to Townhouse, Duchess finds him in Harlem and requests Townhouse punch him. Townhouse complies, and he later helps Emmett track down Duchess’s location in New York. He also helps Emmett disguise the Studebaker after Duchess uses the car to flee multiple crime scenes. When Townhouse and Emmett part, Townhouse expresses a desire to join the army in order to earn status and see the world.
Townhouse Quotes in The Lincoln Highway
The The Lincoln Highway quotes below are all either spoken by Townhouse or refer to Townhouse. 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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5. Duchess
Quotes
––No, I don't put much stake in apologies. […] Like a settling of accounts. […] If it were only a matter of the movie, it could have been a switch for a switch. Eight minus eight and we’d be done. The problem is that you still owe me for the Oreo incident. […] it should count for something. Rather than an eight minus eight sort of situation, what we have here is more of an eight minus five. So I figure if you take three swings at me, that should make us even.
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Explanation and Analysis:
He was back at Salina. Back in that moment that he’d sworn he’d never think about again: taking Ackerly’s beating as the rest of us watched. It was the fire of justice that was burning through Townhouse now. The fire of justice that appeases the injured spirit and sets the record straight.
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Townhouse Quotes in The Lincoln Highway
The The Lincoln Highway quotes below are all either spoken by Townhouse or refer to Townhouse. 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:
).
5. Duchess
Quotes
––No, I don't put much stake in apologies. […] Like a settling of accounts. […] If it were only a matter of the movie, it could have been a switch for a switch. Eight minus eight and we’d be done. The problem is that you still owe me for the Oreo incident. […] it should count for something. Rather than an eight minus eight sort of situation, what we have here is more of an eight minus five. So I figure if you take three swings at me, that should make us even.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
He was back at Salina. Back in that moment that he’d sworn he’d never think about again: taking Ackerly’s beating as the rest of us watched. It was the fire of justice that was burning through Townhouse now. The fire of justice that appeases the injured spirit and sets the record straight.
