Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Goodbye, Columbus.
Love Quotes
"What do you look like?" "May I come see you tonight and show you?" (1.54-1.55)
Appearances Quotes
The first time I saw Brenda she asked me to hold her glasses. (1.1)
Language and Communication Quotes
"Hello-Brenda-Brenda-you-don't-know-me-that-is-you-don't-know-my-name-but-I-held-your-glasses-for-you-at-the-club…" (1.47)
Society and Class Quotes
I was driving past long lawns which seemed to be twirling water on themselves, and past houses where no one sat on stoops. (1.67)
Morality and Ethics Quotes
[...] "from the cutest little shvartze when we docked at Barbados" (2.1)
Visions of America Quotes
None of us ate together: my Aunt Gladys ate at five o'clock, my cousin Susan at five-thirty, me at six, and my uncle at six-thirty. (1.13)
Women's Issues Quotes
Life was a throwing off for poor aunt Gladys, her greatest joys were taking out the garbage, emptying the pantry, and making threadbare bundles for what she still refers to as the poor Jews of Pale...
Manipulation Quotes
"Why don't you go have your eyes fixed?" (2.5)