Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Tar Beach.
Family Quotes
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Race Quotes
I could see our tiny rooftop, with Mommy and Daddy and Mr. and Mrs. Honey, our next-door neighbors, still playing cards [...] (3)
Memory and the Past Quotes
I will always remember when the stars fell down around me and lifted me up above the George Washington Bridge. (2)
Dissatisfaction Quotes
Lying on the roof in the night, with stars and skyscraper buildings all around me, made me feel rich, like I owned all that I could see. (5)
Dreams, Hopes, and Plans Quotes
I will always remember when the stars fell down around me and lifted me up above the George Washington Bridge. (2)
Society and Class Quotes
I could see our tiny rooftop, with Mommy and Daddy and Mr. and Mrs. Honey, our next-door neighbors, still playing cards as if nothing was going on […] (3)
Admiration Quotes
Be Be, my baby brother, lying real still on the mattress, just like I told him to, his eyes like huge floodlights tracking me through the sky. (4)
Freedom and Confinement Quotes
I will always remember when the stars fell down around me and lifted me up above the George Washington Bridge. [2]