Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Tangerine.
Family Quotes
As usual when Erik appears, the attention switched from me to him. (1.3.24)
Lies and Deceit Quotes
But I can see. I can see everything. I can see things that Mom and Dad can't. Or won't. (Prologue.1.25)
Fear Quotes
I've always been afraid of Erik. Now I get to be afraid of Erik and Arthur. (1.7.13)
Identity Quotes
He seems a pretty decent guy, for a football player. But who knows? He's bound to change, in one way or another, once he gets caught up inside the Erik Fisher Football Dream. (1.3.40)
Prejudice Quotes
The kid in gray checked out my goggles and said, "Yow! It came from Mars!" (1.9.27)
Man and the Natural World Quotes
The black smoke was pouring from a huge bonfire of trees. Citrus trees. […] "I don't think they can build with them. I don't think those trees have any use other than fruit. […] You never hear...
Memory and the Past Quotes
An old familiar feeling came over me, like I had forgotten something. What was it? What did I need to remember? (Prologue. 1.10)
Society and Class Quotes
Lake Windsor Downs offers four choices to homebuyers, each named after a British royal family. […] Mom absolutely loves that. […] Mom will soon be describing people like this: "They're the two-...