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Mrs. Singleton is Colin’s mother. She is less focused on holding her son to lofty expectations than Mr. Singleton is, but she also sets an impossible goal post for Colin by referring to him constantly as “special.” She thinks she is paying him a compliment, but really she makes him feel as though he will never quite live up to how “special” she thinks he will become one day.
Mrs. Singleton / Colin’s Mother Quotes in An Abundance of Katherines
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Chapter 2
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Prodigies can very quickly learn what other people have already figured out; geniuses discover that which no one has ever previously discovered. Prodigies learn; geniuses do. The vast majority of child prodigies don’t become adult geniuses. Colin was almost certain that he was among that unfortunate majority.
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Chapter 3
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You’re a very special person. Colin would hear this a lot, and yet – somehow – he could never hear it enough.
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His single consolation was that one day, he would matter. He’d be famous. And none of them ever would. That’s why, his mom said, they made fun of him in the first place. “They’re just jealous,” she said. But Colin knew better. They weren’t jealous. He just wasn’t likable. Sometimes it’s that simple.
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Mrs. Singleton / Colin’s Mother Quotes in An Abundance of Katherines
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Chapter 2
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Prodigies can very quickly learn what other people have already figured out; geniuses discover that which no one has ever previously discovered. Prodigies learn; geniuses do. The vast majority of child prodigies don’t become adult geniuses. Colin was almost certain that he was among that unfortunate majority.
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Chapter 3
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You’re a very special person. Colin would hear this a lot, and yet – somehow – he could never hear it enough.
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His single consolation was that one day, he would matter. He’d be famous. And none of them ever would. That’s why, his mom said, they made fun of him in the first place. “They’re just jealous,” she said. But Colin knew better. They weren’t jealous. He just wasn’t likable. Sometimes it’s that simple.
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