Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from The Rocking-Horse Winner.
Family Quotes
Everybody else said of her: "She is such a good mother. She adores
her children." Only she herself, and her children themselves, knew it was
not so. (1)
Wealth Quotes
The mother had a small income, and the father had a small income, but
not nearly enough for the social position which they had to keep up. (3)
Life, Consciousness, and Existence; Luck Quotes
They looked at her coldly, as if they were finding fault with her. And
hurriedly, she felt she must cover up some fault in herself. Yet what it was
that she must cover up, she never knew. (1)
Gender Quotes
There was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the
advantages, yet she had no luck. She married for love, and the love turned to
dust. She had bonny children, yet she felt they had been...