The eldest of the Walls children. Lori is usually absent from the adventures of Jeannette and Brian, but is cool and calm in the face of crisis, as when she takes Dad’s pistol to defend the siblings again Billy Deel, who has showed up with a BB gun to get revenge on Jeanette for spurning him. An avid reader and extremely intelligent, Lori stands a bit apart from the rest of the family; at school, too, she dresses and acts differently. From an early age, she decides she wants to be an artist, and as the first of the siblings to move to New York, she pursues this dream by working at a German restaurant in the city to save up money.
Lori Walls Quotes in The Glass Castle
The The Glass Castle quotes below are all either spoken by Lori Walls or refer to Lori Walls. 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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“I wonder what life will be like now,” I said to Lori.
“The same,” she said. “[Dad] tried stopping before, but it never lasted.”
“This time it will.”
“How do you know?”
“It’s his present to me.”
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Jeannette Walls (speaker), Lori Walls (speaker), Rex Walls
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“Why do I always have to be the one who earns the money?” Mom asked. “You have a job. You can earn money. Lori can earn money, too. I’ve got more important things to do.”
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Rose Mary Walls (speaker), Jeannette Walls, Lori Walls
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Lori Walls Quotes in The Glass Castle
The The Glass Castle quotes below are all either spoken by Lori Walls or refer to Lori Walls. 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:
).
Part 2
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“I wonder what life will be like now,” I said to Lori.
“The same,” she said. “[Dad] tried stopping before, but it never lasted.”
“This time it will.”
“How do you know?”
“It’s his present to me.”
Related Characters:
Jeannette Walls (speaker), Lori Walls (speaker), Rex Walls
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“Why do I always have to be the one who earns the money?” Mom asked. “You have a job. You can earn money. Lori can earn money, too. I’ve got more important things to do.”
Related Characters:
Rose Mary Walls (speaker), Jeannette Walls, Lori Walls
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