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Reverend Moreland T. Woods is a charismatic, hypocritical visiting preacher at the Baptist church that Mattie Michael attends. When Etta attends church with Mattie, she identifies Rev. Woods as a man who could support her and make her respectable through marriage—but Rev. Woods notices Etta’s robust sexuality and judges her as suitable only for a one-night stand. After he manipulates her into sex, he drops her off at Brewster Place and speeds away.
Reverend Moreland T. Woods Quotes in The Women of Brewster Place
The The Women of Brewster Place quotes below are all either spoken by Reverend Moreland T. Woods or refer to Reverend Moreland T. Woods. 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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3. Etta Mae Johnson
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“About throwing away temptation to preserve the soul. That was a mighty fine point.”
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Now it crouched there in the thin predawn light, like a pulsating mouth awaiting her arrival. She shook her head sharply to rid herself of the illusion, but an uncanny fear gripped her, and her legs felt like lead. If I walk into this street, she thought, I’ll never come back. I’ll never get out.
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When Etta got to the stoop, she noticed there was a light under the shade at Mattie’s window […] Etta laughed softly to herself as she climbed the steps toward the light and the love and the comfort that awaited her.
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Reverend Moreland T. Woods Quotes in The Women of Brewster Place
The The Women of Brewster Place quotes below are all either spoken by Reverend Moreland T. Woods or refer to Reverend Moreland T. Woods. 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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3. Etta Mae Johnson
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“About throwing away temptation to preserve the soul. That was a mighty fine point.”
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Now it crouched there in the thin predawn light, like a pulsating mouth awaiting her arrival. She shook her head sharply to rid herself of the illusion, but an uncanny fear gripped her, and her legs felt like lead. If I walk into this street, she thought, I’ll never come back. I’ll never get out.
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When Etta got to the stoop, she noticed there was a light under the shade at Mattie’s window […] Etta laughed softly to herself as she climbed the steps toward the light and the love and the comfort that awaited her.
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