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Kate is a friend of Caitlin Holmes and Petra. Caitlin talks with Petra and Kate about her growing relationship with Billy rather than her parents because she has a deeper connection with her friends than her family. At one point, Kate admits describes her underwhelming first experience with sex. Her romantic life thus contrasts with Caitlin and Billy’s, helping to emphasize the importance of building strong relationships.
Kate Quotes in The Simple Gift
The The Simple Gift quotes below are all either spoken by Kate or refer to Kate. 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 3: Caitlin
Quotes
And yes I’ve been out with boys
‘on dates’
but mostly with Petra and Kate
and a whole gang together,
not alone.
And I’ve done some things,
you know,
at parties with boys,
just mild stuff really.
So I’m normal,
a normal seventeen year old.
I think about boys
but only in a general way
like not a boy I know
or anything
but just some good-looking guy
and me
and what we’d do
if we had the chance.
Pure fantasy really.
Nothing wrong with that,
but nothing real about it either.
Related Characters:
Caitlin Holmes (speaker), Billy Luckett, Kate, Petra
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Kate Quotes in The Simple Gift
The The Simple Gift quotes below are all either spoken by Kate or refer to Kate. 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 3: Caitlin
Quotes
And yes I’ve been out with boys
‘on dates’
but mostly with Petra and Kate
and a whole gang together,
not alone.
And I’ve done some things,
you know,
at parties with boys,
just mild stuff really.
So I’m normal,
a normal seventeen year old.
I think about boys
but only in a general way
like not a boy I know
or anything
but just some good-looking guy
and me
and what we’d do
if we had the chance.
Pure fantasy really.
Nothing wrong with that,
but nothing real about it either.
Related Characters:
Caitlin Holmes (speaker), Billy Luckett, Kate, Petra
