How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
The princess held very still. The only movement she allowed herself was this: She licked her lips, over and over again, because she thought that she could taste there the sweet saltiness of the soup that her mother had fed her in her dream.
"I have not forgotten, Mama," she whispered. "I have not forgotten you. I have not forgotten soup." (37.44-45)
In her scariest moments, Princess Pea thinks back to her mother in order to give her strength. Like when Despereaux was encouraged to be brave by the threadmaster, the author tells us that other people, even the thought of them, can help us feel courageous.