Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Ship Breaker.
Society and Class Quotes
They were all looking at the water now. Hungry."You think they even know we're here?" Moon Girl asked.Pima spat in the sand. "We're just flies on garbage to people like that." (5.69-71)
Loyalty Quotes
"I know you, Nailer. You'll tell Pima no matter what, and then I'm off crew and someone else buys in." Another pause and then she said, "It's all Fates now. If you got a way out, I'll see you on th...
Family Quotes
Here, fear and tension fell away in the presence of Sadna's strength. (5.8)
Violence Quotes
Nailer could barely breathe. He knew now that his father was mapping out the violence, planning to catch Nailer, to teach him some respect. Nailer's eyes went to the door. (5.151)
Morality and Ethics Quotes
"She could sell off a kidney. Maybe tap out a couple pints of blood for the Harvesters. They're always buying.""Sure. She's got those pretty eyes," Pearly said. "Harvesters would take those in a se...
Fate and Free Will Quotes
"I know you, Nailer. You'll tell Pima no matter what, and then I'm off crew and someone else buys in." Another pause and then she said, "It's all Fates now. If you got a way out, I'll see you on th...
Man and the Natural World Quotes
The storm looked worse than just a blow, maybe a city killer even, the way the clouds swirled and scattered lightning across the wrecks offshore […]His father claimed that the storms were worse e...
Greed Quotes
But he knew the calculations she was making, her clever mind working the angles, sensing the great pool of wealth, the secret stash that she might pillage later, if Fates and the Rust Saint worked...