Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from The Gilded Six-Bits.
Poverty (Class) Quotes
The front yard was parted in the
middle by a sidewalk from gate to doorstep, a sidewalk edged on either side by
quart bottles driven neck down into the ground on a slant. (2)
Marriage Quotes
"A mess of homey flowers
planted without a plan but blooming cheerily from their helter-skelter places.
The fence and house were whitewashed." (2)
Betrayal Quotes
"Ah don't see whut de
womens see on [Slemmons]. Ah wouldn't give 'im a wink if de sheriff wuz after 'im."
(49)
Repentance/Forgiveness Quotes
"You don't know de feelings
of dat yet, Missie May." (80)