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The nine-year-old blonde twins whose rape and murder make the headlines for weeks in Trapingus County. They were kidnapped from the porch of their home, where they had been sleeping, by William Wharton. John Coffey reveals that Wharton convinced the twins to keep quiet that night by telling them that he would kill the sister of whichever one of them was first to speak. In this way, Coffey says, the girls died because they loved each other.
Kathe and Cora Detterick Quotes in The Green Mile
The The Green Mile quotes below are all either spoken by Kathe and Cora Detterick or refer to Kathe and Cora Detterick. 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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Part 1: Chapter 4
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I think they would have given a good deal to unsee what was before them, and none of them would ever forget it—it was the sort of nightmare, bald and almost smoking in the sun, that lies beyond the drapes and furnishings of good and ordinary lives—church suppers, walks along country lanes, honest work, love-kisses in bed. There is a skull in every man, and I tell you there is a skull in the lives of all men. They saw it that day, those men—they saw what sometimes grins behind the smile.
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Part 6: Chapter 8
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“He kill them with they love,” John said. “They love for each other. You see how it was?”
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Kathe and Cora Detterick Quotes in The Green Mile
The The Green Mile quotes below are all either spoken by Kathe and Cora Detterick or refer to Kathe and Cora Detterick. 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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Part 1: Chapter 4
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I think they would have given a good deal to unsee what was before them, and none of them would ever forget it—it was the sort of nightmare, bald and almost smoking in the sun, that lies beyond the drapes and furnishings of good and ordinary lives—church suppers, walks along country lanes, honest work, love-kisses in bed. There is a skull in every man, and I tell you there is a skull in the lives of all men. They saw it that day, those men—they saw what sometimes grins behind the smile.
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Part 6: Chapter 8
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“He kill them with they love,” John said. “They love for each other. You see how it was?”
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