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Katherine Carter (Katherine I/XIX)
Katherine III is one of the girls Colin dated at “smart-kid camp” for a very brief period. He thinks about her a lot because he cannot fit her into the Theorem. He finally calls her and finds out that the reason he has been having trouble with her and the Theorem is that he actually broke up with her, but convinced himself that she broke up with him, like all the other Katherines.
Katherine Mutsenberger (Katherine III) Quotes in An Abundance of Katherines
The An Abundance of Katherines quotes below are all either spoken by Katherine Mutsenberger (Katherine III) or refer to Katherine Mutsenberger (Katherine III). 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 19 Quotes
And the moral of the story is that you don’t remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened. And the second moral of the story, if a story can have multiple morals, is that Dumpers are not inherently worse than Dumpees—breaking up isn’t something that gets done to you; it’s something that happens with you.
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Colin has just told Lindsey the story of all his relationships with the nineteen Katherines. He realized some time ago that he has misremembered some of the facts. For instance, Katherine III did not break up with him, as he always thought. Rather, he broke up with her. There are also several revisions in Colin’s story to things he has previously stated. For example, he now says that his first kiss was with Katherine V, when in the past he has remembered Katherine I as the first girl he kissed. Colin’s revisions, combined with his willingness to concede there have Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. I
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Katherine Mutsenberger (Katherine III) Character Timeline in An Abundance of Katherines
The timeline below shows where the character Katherine Mutsenberger (Katherine III) appears in An Abundance of Katherines. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 13
...and Monday while Colin works on the Theorem, which he still can’t get right for Katherine III or Katherine XIX. Hassan comes home on Monday night and reports to Colin that he...
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...the graph must end with a breakup. Still, he can’t figure out how to represent Katherine III , whose given name is Katherine Mutsenberger. Currently, the Theorem produces a graph that suggests...
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Chapter 15
...her again. He wants to wait until he completes the Theorem. He begins thinking about Katherine III and why on earth she is posing a problem for the Theorem. He only knew...
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When Hassan wakes, Colin tells him about Katherine III , and how she dumped him at the end of “smart kid camp.” She was...
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Chapter 17
...the company. Lindsey drives the Hearse, and no one speaks. Colin wants to think about Katherine III , but his head hurts too much.
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...night, Colin finishes the Theorem and gets an accurate graph for his true relationship with Katherine III . He shows the graph to Hassan and Lindsey. Hassan wants to know if it...
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Chapter 19
Colin and Lindsey seem to grab each other’s hand. Colin tells her how he dumped Katherine III and changed his memory of the event. Lindsey says that makes sense because she remembers...
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...was an eight-year old whose romance with Colin was orchestrated by her best friend. After Katherine III came Katherine IV, from violin lessons. Katherine V gave Colin his first kiss while he...
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Epilogue
...so long.” Unlike individuals, stories are remembered. Colin decides that having the right graph for Katherine III from the beginning proves that the brain has room for “knowing what cannot be remembered.” ...
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