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Lisa Sedaris
Patrick is the boss of the moving company Sedaris works for after quitting his job as Valencia’s personal assistant. Although Patrick is in charge, he doesn’t like to be referred to as the boss because he is a communist. A deeply principled man, he drives his movers around in a bread truck and sometimes turns away business if he thinks a person is too rich. Despite this eccentricity, Sedaris enjoys working for Patrick, finding it satisfying to go through the city and help New Yorkers move.
Patrick Quotes in Me Talk Pretty One Day
The Me Talk Pretty One Day quotes below are all either spoken by Patrick or refer to Patrick. 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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The Great Leap Forward Quotes
Moving people from one place to another made me feel as though I performed a valuable service, recognized and appreciated by the city at large. In the grand scheme of things, I finally had a role to play. My place was not with Valencia but here, riding in a bread truck with my friends.
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When Sedaris finally decides that putting up with Valencia’s mistreatment is too much to bear, he takes a job as a professional mover. In this capacity, he rides around in Patrick’s bread truck all day, going from apartment to apartment and meeting all kinds of people. To his surprise, he discovers that this work is deeply rewarding, something he actually enjoys doing. By contrast, working for Valencia did nothing but allow him to spend time in a townhouse—but being in a townhouse isn’t the same as living in a townhouse, and the annoyances he had to put up with in 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 accusanti
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Patrick Character Timeline in Me Talk Pretty One Day
The timeline below shows where the character Patrick appears in Me Talk Pretty One Day. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Great Leap Forward
...an apartment she’s rented and furnished for one of her authors. The mover’s name is Patrick, and he quickly sees that Valencia will not tip him even though she misled him...
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Because of his communist values, Patrick dislikes moving rich people. Sometimes when he, Sedaris, and the others show up at a...
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Whenever Patrick turns away business from rich clients, Sedaris complains. Unfazed, Patrick tells him that they’ll make...
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