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Steve Ellis
Yves is a young man whom Eric falls in love with in France. Yves has a difficult relationship with his mother and has no one in his life he is close with except Eric. He encourages Eric to return to New York, even though he knows their time apart will be difficult for their relationship. At the end of the novel, Yves leaves France to join Eric in New York.
Yves Quotes in Another Country
The Another Country quotes below are all either spoken by Yves or refer to Yves. 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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Book 2, Chapter 2
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But, as he said this, he realized that he did not care what Richard had been doing. He was merely being polite because Richard was married to Cass. He wondered if he had always felt this way. Perhaps he had never been able to admit it to himself. Perhaps Richard had changed—but did people change? He wondered what he would think of Richard if he were meeting him for the first time. Then he wondered what Yves would think of these people and what these people would think of Yves.
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Yves Quotes in Another Country
The Another Country quotes below are all either spoken by Yves or refer to Yves. 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:
).
Book 2, Chapter 2
Quotes
But, as he said this, he realized that he did not care what Richard had been doing. He was merely being polite because Richard was married to Cass. He wondered if he had always felt this way. Perhaps he had never been able to admit it to himself. Perhaps Richard had changed—but did people change? He wondered what he would think of Richard if he were meeting him for the first time. Then he wondered what Yves would think of these people and what these people would think of Yves.
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