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Mr. and Mrs. Schatzman
Dutchy is Vivian/Niamh’s true love. He is born in New York in the late 1910s to German parents. After escaping his abusive father to live on the streets as a shoe-shiner, Dutchy is taken in by the Children’s Aid Society. They send him out on the orphan train, where he befriends Niamh. He grows up in Minnesota, moving between adoptive families. He and Vivian/Niamh fall in love and marry after reuniting as adults. As an adult, he works as a musician and music teacher. He dies during battle in World War II. Dutchy is smart, impulsive, creative, and passionate.
Dutchy / Hans / Luke Maynard Quotes in Orphan Train
The Orphan Train quotes below are all either spoken by Dutchy / Hans / Luke Maynard or refer to Dutchy / Hans / Luke Maynard. 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 35
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We both start laughing – at the absurdity of our shared experiences, the relief of recognition. We cling to each other like survivors of a shipwreck, astonished that neither of us drowned.
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Chapter 36
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Lying in that hospital bed I feel all of it: the terrible weight of sorrow, the crumbling of my dreams. I sob uncontrollably for all that I’ve lost – the love of my life, my family, a future I’d dared to envision. And in that moment I make a decision. I can’t go through this again. I can’t give myself to someone so completely only to lose them. I don’t want, ever again, to experience the loss of someone I love beyond reason.
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Dutchy / Hans / Luke Maynard Quotes in Orphan Train
The Orphan Train quotes below are all either spoken by Dutchy / Hans / Luke Maynard or refer to Dutchy / Hans / Luke Maynard. 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 35
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We both start laughing – at the absurdity of our shared experiences, the relief of recognition. We cling to each other like survivors of a shipwreck, astonished that neither of us drowned.
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Chapter 36
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Lying in that hospital bed I feel all of it: the terrible weight of sorrow, the crumbling of my dreams. I sob uncontrollably for all that I’ve lost – the love of my life, my family, a future I’d dared to envision. And in that moment I make a decision. I can’t go through this again. I can’t give myself to someone so completely only to lose them. I don’t want, ever again, to experience the loss of someone I love beyond reason.
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