Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Dear Mr. Henshaw.
Family Quotes
I'm not real big like my Dad. Mom says I take after her family. (10.4)
Identity Quotes
I am just a plain boy. […] I am sort of medium. […] I guess you could call me the mediumest boy in the class. (10.3-4)
Coming of Age Quotes
I don't want to be a nuisance to you, but I wish you could tell me how. (19.2)
Literature and Writing Quotes
Dear Mr. Henshaw, My teacher read your book about the dog to our class. It was funny. We licked it. Your friend, Leigh Botts (boy). (1.1)
Perseverance Quotes
The best thing about sixth grade in my new school is that if I hang in, I'll get out. (15.2)
Freedom and Confinement Quotes
Mom said we'd never get out of that mobile home when he had to make such big payments on that rig, and she'd never know where he was when he hauled cross-country. (11.3)
Isolation Quotes
The house is so lonely in the morning when she is gone that I can't stand it. (16.3)
Desires Quotes
I wish somebody would ask me over sometime. (15.4)