Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Freak the Mighty.
Isolation Quotes
I like it in the down under, got the place all to myself and no fear of Gram sticking her head in the door and saying Maxwell dear, what are you doing? (2.2)
Appearances Quotes
That's when I got my first look at Freak […] Looking sort of fierce is how I remember him. (1.5)
Family Quotes
Gram and Grim, bless their pointed little heads, they're my mother's people, her parents. (1.3)
Friendship Quotes
And for some reason little Kicker never got around to kicking little Freak. (1.6)
Cunning and Cleverness Quotes
I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for a while, and that's the truth, the whole truth. (1.1)
Memory and the Past Quotes
Except later it was Freak who taught me that remembering is a great invention of the mind, and if you try hard enough you can remember anything, whether it happened or not. (1.5)
Lies and Deceit Quotes
I invented games like kick-boxing and kick-knees and kick-faces and kick-teachers, and kick-the-other-little-day-care-critters, because I knew what a rotten lie that hug stuff was. (1.4)