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Xander Hawthorne
Libby, Avery’s half-sister, is older than Avery by seven years. They have the same deadbeat father. When Libby was a child, her mother used to hit her. Later, Libby has an on-off relationship with a creepy, verbally abusive man named Drake. A nursing-home orderly with a goth dress sense but a cheerful personality, Libby is an empathetic “people pleaser” who insisted on becoming Avery’s legal guardian after Avery’s mother died. However, Libby and Avery frequently fight over Libby’s relationship with Drake; toward the novel’s beginning, Libby resumes her stalled relationship with Drake and allows him to move back into her apartment, which motivates Avery to sleep in her car rather than stay under the same roof as him. Libby accompanies Avery to the reading of Tobias Hawthorne’s will without telling Drake where they’re going. After Avery inherits Tobias’s fortune and his palatial Texan estate, Libby returns home to Connecticut in Avery’s new jet to collect Avery’s things. Drake, angry at Libby’s disappearance, wrenches the truth about Avery’s inheritance from her—and immediately begins speculating about what he and Libby could do with Avery’s new money. When Libby points out that the money is Avery’s, not theirs, Drake escalates to physical abuse, giving Libby a black eye. Libby immediately breaks up with him but has trouble cutting off all contact. When Libby returns to Texas with a black eye, Tobias Hawthorne’s oldest grandson Nash, who has a savior complex, becomes invested in learning about and protecting Libby. After Drake travels to Texas and tries to murder Avery, the police question Libby on the assumption that she might have been his accomplice; a horrified Libby apologizes to Avery for not blocking Drake’s texts.
Libby Quotes in The Inheritance Games
The The Inheritance Games quotes below are all either spoken by Libby or refer to Libby. 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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Chapters 1–10
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Right on cue, Libby’s on-again, off-again boyfriend—who had a fondness for punching walls and extolling his own virtues for not punching Libby—strolled in. He snagged a cupcake off the counter and let his gaze rake over me. “Hey, jailbait.”
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Chapters 11–20
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“Think about what this means. You’ll never have to worry about money again. You can buy whatever you want, do whatever you want. Those postcards you kept of your mom’s?” She leaned forward, touching her forehead against mine. “You can go anywhere. Imagine the possibilities.”
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“I haven’t a clue how you pulled this off, but I will find out. I see you now. I know what you are and what you’re capable of, and there is nothing I wouldn’t do to protect my family. Whatever game you’re playing here, no matter how long this con—I will find out the truth, and God help you when I do.”
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“Sometimes,” Jameson Hawthorne said, sounding strangely contemplative, “things that appear very different on the surface are actually exactly the same at their core.”
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“My mom used to hit me. Only when she was really stressed, you know? She was a single mom, and things were hard. I could understand that. I tried to make everything easier.”
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Chapters 21–30
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I was a girl with a plan—but that plan had always been driven by practicalities. I’d picked a college major that would get me a solid job. The practical thing to do now was stay the course. […]
“Travel,” I blurted out. “I’ve always wanted to travel.”
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“I don’t need to tell you that most lottery winners find their existence made miserable as they drown in requests and demands from family and friends. You are blessedly short on both. Libby, however, is another matter.”
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Libby Quotes in The Inheritance Games
The The Inheritance Games quotes below are all either spoken by Libby or refer to Libby. 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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Chapters 1–10
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Right on cue, Libby’s on-again, off-again boyfriend—who had a fondness for punching walls and extolling his own virtues for not punching Libby—strolled in. He snagged a cupcake off the counter and let his gaze rake over me. “Hey, jailbait.”
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Chapters 11–20
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“Think about what this means. You’ll never have to worry about money again. You can buy whatever you want, do whatever you want. Those postcards you kept of your mom’s?” She leaned forward, touching her forehead against mine. “You can go anywhere. Imagine the possibilities.”
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“I haven’t a clue how you pulled this off, but I will find out. I see you now. I know what you are and what you’re capable of, and there is nothing I wouldn’t do to protect my family. Whatever game you’re playing here, no matter how long this con—I will find out the truth, and God help you when I do.”
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“Sometimes,” Jameson Hawthorne said, sounding strangely contemplative, “things that appear very different on the surface are actually exactly the same at their core.”
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“My mom used to hit me. Only when she was really stressed, you know? She was a single mom, and things were hard. I could understand that. I tried to make everything easier.”
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Chapters 21–30
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I was a girl with a plan—but that plan had always been driven by practicalities. I’d picked a college major that would get me a solid job. The practical thing to do now was stay the course. […]
“Travel,” I blurted out. “I’ve always wanted to travel.”
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“I don’t need to tell you that most lottery winners find their existence made miserable as they drown in requests and demands from family and friends. You are blessedly short on both. Libby, however, is another matter.”
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