Loretta Greenleaf Character Analysis in We Need to Talk About Kevin

Loretta is the mother of an inmate at ’s prison. She meets in the waiting room one day, and Loretta tells Eva not to blame herself for her son’s murders. She says that mothers are always blamed unnecessarily, but no one ever blames fathers. Eva is emotionally moved by the exchange.

Loretta Greenleaf Quotes in We Need to Talk About Kevin

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You can blame your mother, and she can blame hers. Leastways sooner or later it’s the fault of somebody who’s dead.

Related Characters: Loretta Greenleaf (speaker), Eva Khatchadourian, Kevin Khatchadourian , Franklin Plaskett

Page Number and Citation: 178

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