Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Secrets at Sea.
Family Quotes
"Besides, in Europe, money buys everything. But with us, it's family that counts. Family."That was another true fact. I let it soak into Louise and Beatrice. (1.38-39)
Exploration Quotes
"Where are they going, Louise?""Europe," Louise said. Just that one word like the crack of doom. "Where's that?" Beatrice was agog. Louise said, "Europe is across the—""Never mind where it is," I...
Gender Quotes
We were in a tizzy then until Lamont escaped out into his free afternoon. We barely got the napkin off him. He'd dropped down to all fours and scampered for the front door. He was half wild, was La...
Fear Quotes
"Keep one eye on the sky, Lamont," Louise called after him. Because any number of things can swoop down in a mouse. Things with wings and talons. Beaks. Especially upon a mouse who does not think....
Marriage Quotes
"The Cranstons will never get Olive off their hands by staying home. Olive is pushing twenty-one without a man in sight. And so they're going to have to try Europe." (1.36)
Contrasting Regions: England and America Quotes
"Olive is pushing twenty-one without a man in sight. And so they're going to have to try Europe." […]"Aren't the young men of Europe as particular as the young men here?" Louise wondered. "As I u...
Memory and the Past Quotes
I was once the mouse in the middle when it came to sisters. There were two older: Vicky and Alice. But they are no longer with us and can play no part in the great adventure coming in our lives. Th...
Language and Communication Quotes
"Where's that?" Beatrice was agog. Louise said, "Europe is across the—""Never mind where it is," I said before Louise could tell Beatrice that Europe is across the ocean. Water is not a happy sub...