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Sister Mary Loquacious is a Satanist nun of the Chattering Order of St. Beryl and the nurse responsible for the mix-up that gives the Antichrist to the Young family rather than that of the American Cultural Attaché. When readers first meet her, she’s scatterbrained and likes being that way—she believes it makes life simpler to not have to be smart. But once the Order has to move away from Tadfield Manor, Mary breaks her vows and sets about restoring the Manor. During this process, Mary reassumes her given name, Mary Hodges, and discovers that she can be a shrewd and successful businesswoman. She transforms the Manor into a retreat and training center for businesses.
Sister Mary Loquacious/Mary Hodges Quotes in Good Omens
The Good Omens quotes below are all either spoken by Sister Mary Loquacious/Mary Hodges or refer to Sister Mary Loquacious/Mary Hodges. 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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Eleven Years Ago Quotes
It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.
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As the unnamed narrator sets the stage for the mix-up in which the baby Antichrist is placed with the wrong human family, they encourage the reader to understand that the people responsible for the mistake—Sister Mary Loquacious and her fellow Satanist nuns aren’t being evil by making this mistake. Rather, they’re simply being human. This sets up the idea that making mistakes is neither good nor bad—it’s simply an inevitable part of human nature. In addition to the nuns, it’s implied that Crowley (who brings the baby Antichrist to the hospital) contributes to the mix-up as well. After all, he’s 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. Incidunt rerum est. Ap
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Sister Mary Loquacious/Mary Hodges Character Timeline in Good Omens
The timeline below shows where the character Sister Mary Loquacious/Mary Hodges appears in Good Omens. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Eleven Years Ago
...Four, also having a blond baby boy (Baby B). In the hallway, the scatterbrained Sister Mary Loquacious—a lifelong Satanist—accepts the Antichrist, a blond baby boy, from Crowley. She marvels that he’s...
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Sister Mary wheels the Antichrist into Mrs. Young’s room. Mrs. Young is fast asleep, and Baby A...
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When someone knocks on the door, Sister Mary opens it: it’s Mr. Young. Thinking that Mr. Young the American Cultural Attaché, Sister Mary...
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Mr. Young falls into a chair and decides that Sister Mary is so odd because she’s a nun. Sister Mary arrives with tea and biscuits and...
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Back at the hospital, Mr. Young doesn’t like any of Sister Mary’s suggested names for the baby, like Damien or Wormwood. Mr. Young says that he prefers...
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Wednesday
Mary Hodges (formerly Sister Mary Loquacious) liked the Chattering Order, but she decided not to move...
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When Crowley and Aziraphale reach Mary Hodges’s office, Crowley pushes the door open and recognizes Mary immediately. He snaps his fingers,...
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...are too busy wrangling the management trainees into vans. Crowley insists to Aziraphale that if Mary plays her cards right, she could make a fortune with her business. After a pause,...
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