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Vardaman Bundren
Anse Bundren is the husband of Addie and the father of the Bundren children. Described by Darl as a man who “tells people that if he sweats he will die,” Anse is one of the most selfish and unsympathetic characters in the novel. He explains the journey to Jefferson as a promise to Addie, but ends up replacing her at the novel’s end, introducing his children to a new “Mrs. Bundren.”
Anse Bundren Quotes in As I Lay Dying
The As I Lay Dying quotes below are all either spoken by Anse Bundren or refer to Anse Bundren. 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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8. Tull
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“Her [Addie’s] mind is set on it.”
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9. Anse
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“I have heard men cuss their luck, and right, for they were sinful men. But I do not say it’s a curse on me, because I have done no wrong to be cussed by.”
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26. Anse
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“I told him not to bring that horse out of respect for his dead ma, because it wouldn’t look right, him prancing along on a durn circus animal and her wanting us all to be in the wagon….”
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28. Anse
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“But now I can get them teeth. That will be a comfort. It will.”
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40. Addie
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“So I took Anse. And when I knew that I had Cash, I knew that living was terrible and that this was the answer to it. That was when I learned that words are no good; that words don’t ever fit even what they are trying to say at.”
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59. Cash
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“It’s Cash and Jewel and Vardaman and Dewey Dell…Meet Mrs. Bundren.”
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Anse Bundren Quotes in As I Lay Dying
The As I Lay Dying quotes below are all either spoken by Anse Bundren or refer to Anse Bundren. 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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8. Tull
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“Her [Addie’s] mind is set on it.”
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9. Anse
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“I have heard men cuss their luck, and right, for they were sinful men. But I do not say it’s a curse on me, because I have done no wrong to be cussed by.”
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26. Anse
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“I told him not to bring that horse out of respect for his dead ma, because it wouldn’t look right, him prancing along on a durn circus animal and her wanting us all to be in the wagon….”
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28. Anse
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“But now I can get them teeth. That will be a comfort. It will.”
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40. Addie
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“So I took Anse. And when I knew that I had Cash, I knew that living was terrible and that this was the answer to it. That was when I learned that words are no good; that words don’t ever fit even what they are trying to say at.”
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59. Cash
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“It’s Cash and Jewel and Vardaman and Dewey Dell…Meet Mrs. Bundren.”
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