Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
Versions of Reality Quotes
"WE'RE going through!" The Commander's voice was like thin ice breaking. (1)
Dissatisfaction Quotes
Since then Mrs. Mitty always made him drive to a garage to have the chains taken off. The next time, he thought, I'll wear my right arm in a sling; they won't grin at me then. I'll have my right ar...
Men and Masculinity Quotes
. . . "It's the millionaire banker, Wellington McMillan," said the pretty nurse. (5)
Marriage Quotes
"The Old Man ain't afraid of hell!" . . . "Not so fast! You're driving too fast!" said Mrs. Mitty. "What are you driving so fast for?" (1-2)
Identity Quotes
… through the worst storm in twenty years of Navy flying fading in the remote, intimate airways of his mind. (3)