How I Live Now Family Quotes

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Quote #1

I stayed there and thought about my old home which unfortunately led to thinking about Davina the Diabolical, who sucked my father's soul out through his you know what and then got herself knocked up with the devil's spawn […] (1.4.4)

So, Daisy's home life kind of stunk. We're detecting just the slightest bit of bitterness in Daisy's colorful language and nicknames and rambling stream-of-consciousness, are you?

Quote #2

[…] in the end she got me sent off to live with a bunch of cousins I'd never met a few thousand miles away while she and Dad and the devil's spawn went on their merry way. If she was making even the slightest attempt to address centuries of bad press for stepmothers, she scored a Big Fat Zero. (1.4.5)

Despite Daisy's usual nonchalance and I-don't-care-about-anything attitude, it's clear that her father siding with Davina against her stings deep. And despite her nickname for her soon-to-be-born half-sibling, she's holding on to a lot of jealousy that this kid will get the life she won't.

Quote #3

Dad was one of those Never Mention Her Name Again type of fathers which if you ask me was extremely un-psychologically correct of him. (1.5.10)

Sarcasm much? But it's no wonder Daisy has all the issues she does, what with getting labeled a murderer on her first day of life when her mom died and her father refusing ever to discuss the issue with her. It's clear that poor Daisy still blames herself.