The Edgar Street woman is the wife of the Edgar Street man and the mother of Angelina. She lives at the first address on the first card Ed receives. Ed witnesses her being raped by her husband on several different nights. She lives in constant fear and sadness but continues to survive and take care of her daughter. After Ed threatens and scares away her husband, the woman and her daughter live peacefully in their home.
The Edgar Street Woman Quotes in I Am the Messenger
The I Am the Messenger quotes below are all either spoken by The Edgar Street Woman or refer to The Edgar Street Woman . 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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5 of Diamonds
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He has sex with her and the bed cries out in pain. It creaks and wails and only I can hear it. Christ, it’s deafening. Why can’t the world hear? I ask myself. Within a few moments I ask it many times. Because it doesn’t care, I finally answer, and I know I’m right. It’s like I’ve been chosen. But chosen for what? I ask.
The answer’s quite simple:
To care.
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The Edgar Street Woman Quotes in I Am the Messenger
The I Am the Messenger quotes below are all either spoken by The Edgar Street Woman or refer to The Edgar Street Woman . 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:
).
5 of Diamonds
Quotes
He has sex with her and the bed cries out in pain. It creaks and wails and only I can hear it. Christ, it’s deafening. Why can’t the world hear? I ask myself. Within a few moments I ask it many times. Because it doesn’t care, I finally answer, and I know I’m right. It’s like I’ve been chosen. But chosen for what? I ask.
The answer’s quite simple:
To care.
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