Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Horton Hatches the Egg.
Ethics and Morality Quotes
"It's work! How I hate it!I'd much rather play!" (5-6)
Abandonment Quotes
"Toodle-oo!" sang out Mayzie and fluttered away. (31)
Transformation Quotes
"The first thing to do is prop up this treeAnd make it much stronger. That has to be doneBefore I get on it. I must weigh a ton." (34-36)
Freedom and Confinement Quotes
"If I could find someone to stay on my nest!If I could find someone, I'd fly away—free…" (8-9)