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Arley Wanderdale is the music teacher at Billie Jo’s school and a talented musician in his own right. Even after Billie Jo burns her hands, Arley regularly encourages her to play piano. Whenever an opportunity comes his way, he always thinks of Billie Jo first and does his best to nurture her musical talents.
Arley Wanderdale Quotes in Out of the Dust
The Out of the Dust quotes below are all either spoken by Arley Wanderdale or refer to Arley Wanderdale. 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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49. Those Hands
Quotes
My father used to say, why not put those hands to good use?
He doesn’t say anything about “those hands”
anymore.
Only Arley Wanderdale talks about them,
and how they could play piano again,
if I would only try.
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104. The Other Woman
Quotes
We both stared in wonder
at the pond my daddy made
and she said,
a hole like that says a lot about a man.
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Arley Wanderdale Quotes in Out of the Dust
The Out of the Dust quotes below are all either spoken by Arley Wanderdale or refer to Arley Wanderdale. 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:
).
49. Those Hands
Quotes
My father used to say, why not put those hands to good use?
He doesn’t say anything about “those hands”
anymore.
Only Arley Wanderdale talks about them,
and how they could play piano again,
if I would only try.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
104. The Other Woman
Quotes
We both stared in wonder
at the pond my daddy made
and she said,
a hole like that says a lot about a man.
