Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from The Chrysanthemums.
Women and Femininity Quotes
Her figure was blocked and heavy in her gardening costume, a man's black hat pulled low down over her eyes, clodhopper shoes, a figured print dress almost completely covered by a big corduroy apron...
Dissatisfaction Quotes
It was a time of quiet and of waiting […] the farmers were mildly hopeful of a good rain before long; but fog and rain do not go together. (2)
Isolation Quotes
The high grey-flannel fog of winter closed off the Salinas Valley from the sky and from all the rest of the world. On every side it sat like a lid on the mountains and made of the great valley a cl...
Transformation Quotes
The laughter had disappeared from his face and eyes the moment his laughing voice ceased. (33)