Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from The Velveteen Rabbit.
Appearances Quotes
There was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning he was really splendid. He was fat and bunchy, as a rabbit should be; his coat was spotted brown and white, he had real thread whiskers, and...
Isolation Quotes
For at least two hours the Boy loved him, and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner, and there was a great rustling of tissue paper and unwrapping of parcels, and in the excitement of looking at all...
Love Quotes
"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Rea...
Passivity Quotes
One evening, when the Boy was going to bed, he couldn't find the china dog that always slept with him. Nana was in a hurry, and it was too much trouble to hunt for china dogs at bedtime, so she sim...
Sadness Quotes
"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit."Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt." (7-8)
The Supernatural Quotes
The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others […] He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by-and-by break their...