Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Chapter 6 Quotes
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Quote 1
We just kept walking, the girl who could make fire with her hands and the invisible boy and me. (6.2)
Jacob feels right at home amongst the peculiar children pretty quickly, even though he still feels as though he doesn't quite fit in, being normal and all.
Quote 2
"At base, it is a simple dichotomy: there are the coerlfolc, the teeming mass of common people who make up humanity's great bulk, and there is the hidden branch—the crypto-sapiens, if you will—who are called syndrigast, or "peculiar spirit" in the venerable language of my ancestors." (6.88)
Whenever supernatural people are being discussed, it helps to have fancy names for them, from the casters of Beautiful Creatures to the Volturi of Twilight. Miss Peregrine's sets itself apart by being nearly unpronounceable. Must be because they're in Wales.
Quote 3
I gazed at it in wonder—not because it was awful, but because it was beautiful. (6.3)
It's not until Jacob goes back in time that he sees what a welcoming place the house once was.
Quote 4
"His shoes are caked with filth," [Millard] said. "Can't have him tracking in mud. The Bird'll have an attack." (6.5)
Miss Peregrine runs a tight ship, and she's educated her kids well. They respect the home.
Quote 5
"Something had to be done, so people like myself created places where young peculiars could live apart from common folk—physically and temporally isolated enclaves like this one, of which I am enormously proud." (6.97)
One of the most valuable gifts a person can give or receive is that of a safe place to live, and Miss Peregrine has done that by taking in the peculiar children.
Quote 6
"Of course he's Abraham Portman's grandson. Just look at him!" (6.29)
Jacob looks like his grandfather, which is nice because it helps Miss Peregrine identify him, but it's a little bittersweet for Emma, because Jacob's appearance reminds her of her love for his grandfather.
Quote 7
"I'm either one hundred seventeen or one hundred eighteen," said a heavy-lidded boy named Enoch. He looked no more than thirteen. (6.188)
Even though the kids are all basically senior citizens, none of them look that way. The time loops prevents them from aging.
Quote 8
"We're peculiar," [Millard] replied, sounding a bit puzzled. "Aren't you?"
"I don't know. I don't think so."
"That's a shame." (6.17-6.19)
In this book, it's a good thing to identify as peculiar. Of course, don't all "peculiar" children just want to find others just like them?
Quote 9
"We were always so desperate for news of Abe. I asked him once if he should like to worry me to death, the way he insisted on living in the open like that." (6.64)
One drawback to being stuck in the time loop is that it's difficult to communicate with the outside world. Even if Grandpa did want to communicate with them, it would be hard to get news to them.
Quote 10
"There was a time when we could mix openly with common folk. […] But the larger world turned against us long ago." (6.91)
The time loop isolation isn't entirely self-imposed—the real world kind of wanted them gone, too. At least that's what it feels like when they start murdering peculiar-kind.
Quote 11
"This is Abraham's grandson, Jacob. He is our honored guest and has come a very long way to be here. I hope you will treat him accordingly." (6.149)
It is clear that Miss Peregrine and the rest of the children in the home respected Jacob's grandfather very much from the way they treat his grandson.