How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"[…] When I was teaching school, I noticed the best-looking girls and boys could be mean as copperheads, and the ugliest ones could be as good-hearted as they come. But that's not to say either that a pretty person can't be good, too. They can… like your mama. Or that an ugly person can't be bad. They can that, too. But it's only what's in the heart that counts." (13.42)
From all of his years of experience, Grandpa has come to learn that it doesn't matter what people look like; what really matters is how big their hearts are and how they treat other people. That's an important lesson that he wants Gypsy to keep in mind.