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Sam is a painter who lives in New York. Addie and Sam were involved in a months-long passionate affair in the recent past, though it’s not by Addie’s choice that the affair remained passionate—she really likes Sam and would like for Sam to get to know her, but Addie’s curse leaves Sam forgetful and embarrassed about forgetting Addie each morning they wake up together. Sam’s most recent artistic endeavor involves painting portraits that depict people as the skies Sam thinks they most resemble. Before the novel’s present, Sam painted Addie as a night sky, with seven stars to represent Addie’s seven freckles. It’s one of Sam’s most special artworks, and it’s all the more remarkable to her because she can’t remember whom the painting depicts.
Sam Quotes in The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
The The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue quotes below are all either spoken by Sam or refer to Sam. 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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Part 2, Chapter 2 Quotes
Being forgotten, she thinks, is a bit like going mad. You begin to wonder what is real, if you are real. After all, how can a thing be real if it cannot be remembered? It’s like that Zen koan, the one about the tree falling in the woods. If no one heard it, did it happen? If a person cannot leave a mark, do they exist?
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It’s 2014 (the novel’s present day). Addie is on the rooftop of Sam’s apartment building in New York City—she plans to spend the night there. Sam is a painter with whom Addie has had a months-long passionate affair, though Sam (like all of Addie’s partners, past and present) has no memory of the affair. Just then, Sam comes out onto the rooftop with some friends and approaches Addie, as she has done so many times before, but fails to recognize Addie. After Sam leaves, Addie reflects on the nature of her cursed invisibility. She compares the experience to “going mad,” 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 accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Elige
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Sam Character Timeline in The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
The timeline below shows where the character Sam appears in The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 2, Chapter 2
...and finds a silver key above a steel door that opens onto the building’s rooftop. Sam, one of Addie’s former lovers, showed her this. Sam was acting on impulse that night,...
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...rooftop. It’s quiet up here. The door slams open, and two guys, two girls, and Sam appear on the rooftop. Sam’s blond curls are darker than they were the last time...
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When one of the boys calls Sam over, Addie has to resist the urge to hold closely to Sam. But she lets...
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Part 2, Chapter 6
...York City. March 13, 2014. Addie wakes up and feels someone touching her cheek. It’s Sam, who has gone up on the roof to have a cigarette. She changes her mind...
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Addie has never seen Sam like this. She’s woken up beside her in the morning, but Sam is always apologetic,...
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Once, when Addie asked Sam what kind of sky she (Addie) was, Sam beamed, grabbed her supplies, and began to...
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Addie tells Sam she should get going. Sam pleads with Addie to stay, and Addie wants to stay:...
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