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Hans Vollman’s second wife. Significantly younger than Vollman, Anna is incredibly nervous on their wedding night—so nervous, in fact, that Vollman tells her they don’t need to make love. Eventually, though, Anna comes to love Vollman and suggests that they finally consummate their marriage. Unfortunately, Vollman dies the very next day. Although Vollman insists during his time in the Bardo that Anna is waiting for him to “recover,” Bevins reminds his friend at the end of the novel that Anna visited the cemetery several years ago and told Vollman’s grave that she has married another man, whom she loves deeply. Once Vollman finally admits that he remembers this, he finds himself suddenly ready to move on from the Bardo.
Anna Quotes in Lincoln in the Bardo
The Lincoln in the Bardo quotes below are all either spoken by Anna or refer to Anna . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1
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And that is how we lived. We became friends. Dear friends. That was all. And yet that was so much. We laughed together, made decisions about the household […]. To see her brighten when I came in, find her leaning into me as we discussed some household matter, improved my lot in many ways I cannot adequately explain. I had been happy, happy enough, but now I often found myself uttering a spontaneous prayer that went, simply: She is here, still here. It was as if a rushing river had routed itself through my house, which was pervaded now by a freshwater scent and the awareness of something lavish, natural, and breathtaking always moving nearby.
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Anna Quotes in Lincoln in the Bardo
The Lincoln in the Bardo quotes below are all either spoken by Anna or refer to Anna . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 1
Quotes
And that is how we lived. We became friends. Dear friends. That was all. And yet that was so much. We laughed together, made decisions about the household […]. To see her brighten when I came in, find her leaning into me as we discussed some household matter, improved my lot in many ways I cannot adequately explain. I had been happy, happy enough, but now I often found myself uttering a spontaneous prayer that went, simply: She is here, still here. It was as if a rushing river had routed itself through my house, which was pervaded now by a freshwater scent and the awareness of something lavish, natural, and breathtaking always moving nearby.
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