Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from The Boxcar Children.
Family Quotes
"He is our father's father, and he didn't like our mother," said Henry. "So we don't think he would like us. We are afraid he would be mean to us." (1.21)
Men and Masculinity Quotes
But Henry did not want to start. He looked to see how much money he had. Then he stood thinking. At last he said, "I don't want to leave you girls alone." (3.39-3.40)
Women and Femininity Quotes
Now the baker's wife did not like children. (1.3)
The Home Quotes
One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery. No one knew them. No one knew where they had come from. (1.1)
Industriousness Quotes
"What are we going to do now, Jessie?" Benny asked his sister. "Well, Benny," answered Jessie, "we'll go exploring and look for treasures." (5.12-5.13)
Resourcefulness Quotes
She took the string out of the laundry bag and tied one end of it to a tree. The other end of the string she tied to the boxcar. This made a good clothesline. (4.61)
Secrecy Quotes
"Where did you live before you came here?" asked the woman. But not one of the four children would tell her. (1.26-1.27)
Morality and Ethics Quotes
This was the first time in four days that they could go to sleep at night, as children should. (4.70)