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Sian Quoyle is Guy’s father and Quoyle’s grandfather. According to Agnis Hamm, Sian began a sexual relationship with his older sister Addy when he was still a preteen and he slid under the ice and drowned while seal fishing at just 12 years old. Family lore remembers him as a good-hearted and possibly even simple-minded soul who was quick to laugh at a joke and eagerly clung to superstitions.
Sian Quoyle Quotes in The Shipping News
The The Shipping News quotes below are all either spoken by Sian Quoyle or refer to Sian Quoyle. 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 4: Cast Away
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Partridge back on the line two days later. Pleased to be fixing Quoyle’s life up again. Quoyle made him think of a huge roll of newsprint from the pulp mill. Blank and speckled with imperfections. But beyond this vagueness he glimpsed something like a reflection of light from a distant hubcap, a scintillation that meant there was, in Quoyle’s life, the chance of some brilliance. Happiness? Good luck? Fame and fortune? Who knows, thought Partridge. He liked the rich taste of life so well himself he wished an entrée or two for Quoyle.
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Sian Quoyle Quotes in The Shipping News
The The Shipping News quotes below are all either spoken by Sian Quoyle or refer to Sian Quoyle. 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 4: Cast Away
Quotes
Partridge back on the line two days later. Pleased to be fixing Quoyle’s life up again. Quoyle made him think of a huge roll of newsprint from the pulp mill. Blank and speckled with imperfections. But beyond this vagueness he glimpsed something like a reflection of light from a distant hubcap, a scintillation that meant there was, in Quoyle’s life, the chance of some brilliance. Happiness? Good luck? Fame and fortune? Who knows, thought Partridge. He liked the rich taste of life so well himself he wished an entrée or two for Quoyle.
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