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Loretta is the mother of an inmate at Kevin’s prison. She meets Eva in the waiting room one day, and Loretta tells Eva not to blame herself for her son’s murders. She says that mothers are always blamed unnecessarily, but no one ever blames fathers. Eva is emotionally moved by the exchange.
Loretta Greenleaf Quotes in We Need to Talk About Kevin
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Chapter 14: January 13, 2001 Quotes
You can blame your mother, and she can blame hers. Leastways sooner or later it’s the fault of somebody who’s dead.
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Loretta Greenleaf Character Timeline in We Need to Talk About Kevin
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Chapter 14: January 13, 2001
Eva goes to visit Kevin in prison. In the waiting room, Eva notices a young Black woman and assumes the woman is a mother, too. Black women in the prison’s waiting room...
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Eva reveals that Kevin is there for murder, and the woman quickly realizes who he is. She asks Eva why Kevin did it. Everyone asks Eva...
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Later, Eva is embarrassed that she revealed her identity to the woman in the waiting room. She did so because she is lonely and has no one...
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