Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Tears of a Tiger.
Mortality Quotes
There's some stuff I don't understand about this accident—like why it happened and why Robbie had to die and why I didn't die. Mama keeps huggin' me, sayin', "Praise the Lord" and stuff like that...
Guilt and Blame Quotes
So why do I feel so guilty? I don't sleep so good at night. I keep seein' the fire and hearin' his screams and feelin' so helpless. He was too young to die like that. It's not fair. He never had a...
Race Quotes
Do you know that she still says "Negro?" and refuses to call us black or African-American? At least she doesn't say "colored." She says that her skin is not black and never will be and that she doe...
Friendship Quotes
Last week, there were 400 people in the Senior Class. Today there are 399. One student became a statistic when he lost his life in an accident involving drinking and driving. Usually, statistics do...
Drugs and Alcohol Quotes
"We just gonna chill. We might try to find a party, or we might just finish off them beers and let the party find us. Then I'm headin' over to Keisha's house, after I take these turkeys home." (2.28)
Darkness and Light Quotes
It's dark where I am and I cannot find the light. There are shadows all around me and my heart is full of fright. (16.1)
Isolation Quotes
And I always have to make up a reason about how I hurt myself. When Andy came back to school after the accident, he was wearing a bunch of Band-Aids. At least it took the attention away from me for...
Choices Quotes
"We just gonna chill. We might try to find a party, or we might just finish off them beers and let the party find us. Then I'm headin' over to Keisha's house, after I take these turkeys home." (2.28)