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Iris Chase Griffen quotes

A character in The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

4 quotes spoken by or about Iris Chase Griffen, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.

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Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge.
Iris Chase Griffen (narration) · Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin (2000), opening sentence
The white gloves: a Pontius Pilate gesture. She was washing her hands of me.
Iris Chase Griffen (narration) · Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin (2000)
But some people can't tell where it hurts. They can't calm down. They can't ever stop howling.
Iris Chase Griffen (narration) · Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin (2000)
Long ago I made a choice between classicism and romanticism. I prefer to be upright and contained–an urn in daylight
Iris Chase Griffen (narration) · Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin (2000)

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