Shigeko is Shizuko’s daughter. She takes a liking to Yozo when he lives with her and her mother, but she unintentionally wounds him by talking one day about her late father, saying that she wishes she could have her “real” father back. Shortly thereafter, Yozo decides that Shigeko and Shizuko would be better off without him, so he runs away.
Shigeko Quotes in No Longer Human
The No Longer Human quotes below are all either spoken by Shigeko or refer to Shigeko . 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 Third Notebook: Part One
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(They were happy, the two of them. I’d been a fool to come between them. I might destroy them. I might destroy them both if I were not careful. A humble happiness. A good mother and child. […]
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Shigeko Quotes in No Longer Human
The No Longer Human quotes below are all either spoken by Shigeko or refer to Shigeko . 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:
).
The Third Notebook: Part One
Quotes
(They were happy, the two of them. I’d been a fool to come between them. I might destroy them. I might destroy them both if I were not careful. A humble happiness. A good mother and child. […]
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