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Mr. P.
Thomas’s ex-wife in “Someone Else Besides You.” Sam is a high school geometry teacher and is both kind and patient. She had waited many years to have a child with Thomas, who was always unsure as to whether he would make a good father. When Sam turned thirty-four, she had gotten tired of waiting, and after the two had gotten a divorce, Sam decides to have a child on her own. When Thomas sees Sam pregnant, he regrets the opportunity he lost with her and works to try and win her back. By the end of the story, he tells her that he wants to be the father of her child.
Sam Quotes in The Refugees
The The Refugees quotes below are all either spoken by Sam or refer to Sam. 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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Someone Else Besides You
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“Who says I want her back?”
“Don’t be an idiot. You were only half a man before you met her, and you’re back to being half a man now.”
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When I spoke, it was so softly that only the stranger curled up behind the belly ring could hear. Then I said it once more, louder: “I can be the father.” Feeling Sam’s hand grip my shoulder, I said it a third time, just to make sure they both heard me right.
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Sam Quotes in The Refugees
The The Refugees quotes below are all either spoken by Sam or refer to Sam. 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:
).
Someone Else Besides You
Quotes
“Who says I want her back?”
“Don’t be an idiot. You were only half a man before you met her, and you’re back to being half a man now.”
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Explanation and Analysis:
When I spoke, it was so softly that only the stranger curled up behind the belly ring could hear. Then I said it once more, louder: “I can be the father.” Feeling Sam’s hand grip my shoulder, I said it a third time, just to make sure they both heard me right.
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