A more senior agent, Cole instructs Cantú and his fellow recruits immediately after they graduate. He’s nicknamed “Black Death” because he once ran over and killed a man he called an “Indian” who was asleep in the road. Cole laughs heartily when he tells this story, but Cantú and the rest of the recruits are uncomfortable, presumably because of Cole’s flippant racism and callous act of violence.
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Outside in the parking lot, trying to gather my strength, I thought about the tears in Cole’s eyes, about Morales’s far-off gaze, about his parents huddled in the corner […] My face became hot and I could feel moisture collecting in my eyes. […] I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I would not go back, I decided, I would not let the water gather into tears.
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Cole Quotes in The Line Becomes a River
The The Line Becomes a River quotes below are all either spoken by Cole or refer to Cole. 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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Outside in the parking lot, trying to gather my strength, I thought about the tears in Cole’s eyes, about Morales’s far-off gaze, about his parents huddled in the corner […] My face became hot and I could feel moisture collecting in my eyes. […] I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I would not go back, I decided, I would not let the water gather into tears.
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