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Lydia Lee Quotes
Eight of the best book quotes from Lydia Lee
01
“Sweetheart, I know high school might not feel important, but it’s the foundation for the rest of your life.”
Celeste Ng
author
Everything I Never Told You
book
Lydia Lee
ᐧ
Marilyn Lee
characters
high school
ᐧ
importance
ᐧ
foundations
concepts
02
“After a few stuttering replies, the spotlight would swivel back to Lydia, and Nath would retreat to his room and his aeronautics magazines.”
Celeste Ng
author
Everything I Never Told You
book
Narrator
ᐧ
Lydia Lee
characters
attention
ᐧ
neglect
ᐧ
special
ᐧ
family
concepts
03
“Dreaming of his future, he no longer heard all the things she did not say. ”
Celeste Ng
author
Everything I Never Told You
book
Nath Lee
ᐧ
Lydia Lee
characters
siblings
ᐧ
isolation
ᐧ
daydreams
concepts
04
″ That most important word: tomorrow. ”
Celeste Ng
author
Everything I Never Told You
book
Lydia Lee
character
staying put
ᐧ
abandonment
ᐧ
tomorrow
ᐧ
family
concepts
05
″ Lydia’s quietness, her lack of friends. Her recent sinking grades. And, in truth, the strangeness of her family. A family with no friends, a family of misfits.”
Celeste Ng
author
Everything I Never Told You
book
Narrator
ᐧ
Lydia Lee
characters
family
ᐧ
strangeness
ᐧ
signs
ᐧ
death
concepts
06
“What else have you been hiding?’’
Celeste Ng
author
Everything I Never Told You
book
Lydia Lee
ᐧ
Marilyn Lee
characters
true feelings
ᐧ
hiding
ᐧ
disappear
concepts
07
“You don’t want that ... You think you do.”
Celeste Ng
author
Everything I Never Told You
book
Lydia Lee
ᐧ
Hannah Lee
characters
family trials
ᐧ
losing everything
ᐧ
family relationships
ᐧ
attention
ᐧ
expectations
concepts
08
Lydia, Christopher and Natalie are used to domestic turmoil. Their parents’ divorce has not made family life any easier in either home.
Anne Fine
author
Madame Doubtfire
book
Christopher
ᐧ
Lydia Lee
ᐧ
Natalie
characters
humor
ᐧ
divorce
ᐧ
comedy
ᐧ
domestic turmoil
ᐧ
family life
concepts
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Hannah Lee
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Natalie
Daniel
Christopher
high school
importance
foundations
attention
neglect
special
family
siblings
isolation
daydreams
staying put
abandonment
tomorrow
strangeness
signs
death
true feelings
hiding
disappear
family trials
losing everything
family relationships
expectations
humor
divorce
comedy
domestic turmoil
family life
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