Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from If I Ran the Zoo.
Youth Quotes
"But if I ran the zoo," / Said young Gerald McGrew, "I'd make a few changes. / That's just what I'd do…" (2.1-4)
Transformation Quotes
"I'd make a few changes. / That's just what I'd do…" (2.3-4)
Rules and Order Quotes
So I'd open each cage. I'd unlock every pen, / Let the animals go, and start over again. (4.1-2)
Admiration Quotes
They'll be so surprised they'll all swallow their gum. / They'll ask, when they see my strange animals come, / "Where do you suppose he gets things like that from?" (8.1-3)