Savvy Quotes

Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Savvy.

Communication Quotes

"I don't have any friends, Miss Rosemary," I said, hoping that the truth might end the conversation. (4.9)

Family Quotes

"Look, it's the weird kids. My mom said they had to move here because one of them got into some huge kind of trouble." (2.6)

Loyalty Quotes

Only Gypsy reacted to Miss Rosemary, because she was three years old and didn't know yet what the rest of us Beaumonts knew about secrets […]. (4.2)

Lies and Deceit Quotes

Thinking about the turtle and remembering the unusual way Gypsy had woken up as I'd stepped out of bed, a shaky and suspicious feeling started to gnaw down deep in my bones, a feeling that stuck wi...

Suffering Quotes

[…] when Momma dropped the phone with a rattling clatter and a single sob—perfectly devastated. She sank to the floor, looking for all the world as if she were staring through the checkered bro...

Perseverance Quotes

At that moment, I knew exactly what I had to do—I just hadn't yet figured out how I was going to do it. (5.26)

Tradition Quotes

[…] we couldn't risk someone finding out, or getting hurt by sparks or storms if my brother lost control. (2.10)

The Supernatural Quotes

When Grandpa wasn't a grandpa and was just instead a small-fry, hobbledehoy boy blowing out thirteen dripping candles on a lopsided cake, his savvy hit him hard and sudden… and the entire state o...

Innocence and Loss of Innocence Quotes

Like so many things, a savvy could take years to tame, and Momma and Poppa said the ups and downs of growing up only added to the challenge. (2.10)