Characters

4. She says "But it's going to smell like death, isn't it" (Messud 425)?
5. She says "I've got an idea for something about the current wave of satirical press and its role in shaping opinion"(Messud 41).
6. The narrator says that for this character "The burden of failure weighed daily upon her, and she couldn't speak to anyone about it" (Messud 141)
7. She says to herself "Wasn't it funny that everyone pretended that Mr.Murray was an easy man" (Messud 232).
9. She says "Buck up duckie" was her college roommate's motto (Messud 49).

1. He says that the current education system is a "farce" (Messud 205).
2. He says "If you can't escape the system, you must simply become the system" (Messud 171).
3. The narrator says that this character "Knew how to create desire in others, and exploited that knowledge" (Messud 67).
5. He says "What's wrong with a little rush" (Messud 113)?
6. He says, "You're not entitled to have opinions until you know the facts" (Messud 337).
8. She says "I knew it, baby. I knew things weren't right" (Messud 470).