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Cash Bundren
Dewey Dell is the second-to-youngest Bundren child, and the only daughter of Anse and Addie. Dewey Dell does not narrate many sections throughout the novel, though she is arguably one of the most tragic characters in the book: she is impregnated by the farmhand Lafe, who then leaves her with nothing more than ten dollars for an abortion. Later, she is cheated by a drug store clerk into having sex with him and then is given what she is sure (correctly) is fake medicine. Just pages later, Anse takes her abortion money to buy his teeth, leaving Dewy Dell with next to nothing at the end of the novel.
Dewey Dell Bundren Quotes in As I Lay Dying
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7. Dewey Dell
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“And so it was because I could not help it. It was then, and then I saw Darl and he knew. He said he knew without the words like he told me that ma is going to die without words…And that’s why I can talk to him with knowing with hating because he knows.”
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30. Dewey Dell
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“I heard that my mother is dead. I wish I had time to let her die. I wish I had time to wish I had.”
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49. Vardaman
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“And I saw something Dewey Dell told me not to tell nobody. It is not about pa and it is not about Cash and it is not about Jewel and it is not about Dewey Dell and it is not about me.”
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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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Dewey Dell Bundren Quotes in As I Lay Dying
The As I Lay Dying quotes below are all either spoken by Dewey Dell Bundren or refer to Dewey Dell 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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7. Dewey Dell
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“And so it was because I could not help it. It was then, and then I saw Darl and he knew. He said he knew without the words like he told me that ma is going to die without words…And that’s why I can talk to him with knowing with hating because he knows.”
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30. Dewey Dell
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“I heard that my mother is dead. I wish I had time to let her die. I wish I had time to wish I had.”
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49. Vardaman
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“And I saw something Dewey Dell told me not to tell nobody. It is not about pa and it is not about Cash and it is not about Jewel and it is not about Dewey Dell and it is not about me.”
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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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