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Marguerite Gudewicz is Sonia’s best friend in high school. Marguerite is Jewish; her father is German and her mother is Polish, so although Marguerite’s father is still prejudiced against Puerto Ricans, he still understands the value of standing up for others. As adults, Marguerite is Sonia’s maid of honor in her wedding and years later, she and her husband, Tom, help Sonia move out of her shared apartment with Kevin. Marguerite also teaches Sonia basic life skills and in particular, how to save money and responsibly take on and pay back debt.
Marguerite Gudewicz Quotes in My Beloved World
The My Beloved World quotes below are all either spoken by Marguerite Gudewicz or refer to Marguerite Gudewicz. 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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Chapter 12
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The differences were plain enough, and yet I saw that they were nothing compared with what we had in common. As I lay in bed at night, the sky outside my window reflecting the city’s dim glow, I thought about Abuelita’s fierce loyalty to blood. But what really binds people as family? The way they shore themselves up with stories; the way siblings can feud bitterly but still come through for each other; how an untimely death, a child gone before a parent, shakes the very foundations [...]
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Marguerite Gudewicz Quotes in My Beloved World
The My Beloved World quotes below are all either spoken by Marguerite Gudewicz or refer to Marguerite Gudewicz. 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:
).
Chapter 12
Quotes
The differences were plain enough, and yet I saw that they were nothing compared with what we had in common. As I lay in bed at night, the sky outside my window reflecting the city’s dim glow, I thought about Abuelita’s fierce loyalty to blood. But what really binds people as family? The way they shore themselves up with stories; the way siblings can feud bitterly but still come through for each other; how an untimely death, a child gone before a parent, shakes the very foundations [...]
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