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Harris Sinclair’s wife, and mother of Carrie, Bess, and Penny. Tipper is the glue holding the family together; after her death, the sisters argue bitterly over her possessions and their shares of the inheritance. Cady notes that Tipper was involved in philanthropic activities, and that unfortunately, her daughters had inherited none of her generous spirit.
Tipper Sinclair Quotes in We Were Liars
The We Were Liars quotes below are all either spoken by Tipper Sinclair or refer to Tipper Sinclair. 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 1: Welcome Quotes
Do you understand, Cady? Silence is a protective coating over pain.
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Tipper Sinclair Character Timeline in We Were Liars
The timeline below shows where the character Tipper Sinclair appears in We Were Liars. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 1: Welcome
...forget about the whole thing. Harris Sinclair bought the island for his family: his wife, Tipper, and his three daughters, Penny, Carrie, and Bess. He had a house built on the...
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Tipper Sinclair dies of heart failure after the fourteenth summer, and when the Sinclairs arrive the...
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...must be strong for Harris. Cady and the rest of the family manage to erase Tipper from their lives, just as they have done with anyone else who leaves their inner...
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...father and the quality time they spent together; once, he mentioned a favorite memory of Tipper at a family dinner, and Johnny had to talk loudly over him in order to...
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Part 3: Summer Seventeen
...asks about a goose statue in Clairmont, and Harris tells her about how he and Tipper went to China and brought back many beautiful things, including an ivory statue in Cuddledown....
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...of Windemere, just like the one that used to hang in front of Clairmont, that Tipper would swing Cady on when she is younger. She recalls squeezing into the tire swing...
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Part 4: Look, a Fire
After Tipper’s death, the sisters took turns supporting Harris, but instead of cooperating as they had in...
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...a trust fund, and that there are many people in the world who have nothing. Tipper is the only person who wanted to do anything good with the money, and now...
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...of course—Bess was telling the others that she did all of the funeral arrangements for Tipper and stayed with Harris while he mourned her death, so she should be compensated in...
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...a few prized possessions from the houses—including the ivory goose Harris purchased in China for Tipper—and took them to the dock and smashed them to bits. They then got a bucket...
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