Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from The Moths.
Family Quotes
I was fourteen years old when Abuelita requested my help. And it seemed only fair. Abuelita had pulled me through the rages of scarlet fever by placing, removing and replacing potato slices on the...
Violence Quotes
[…] [S]he had seen me through several whippings, an arm broken by a dare jump off Tío Enrique's toolshed, puberty, and my first lie. (1)
Appearances Quotes
I wasn't even pretty or nice like my older sisters and I just couldn't do the girl things they could do. (2)
Mortality Quotes
But this was a different kind of help, Amá said, because Abuelita was dying. (6)