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The Peppermint Pig

Book by Nina Bawden · 6 quotes · Fear, Character, Future

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“Poll knew quite well why her mother disliked Annie Dowsett, because she liked her for just the same reason. Annie was rough, she wore old clothes all the time, she fought with boys and was ready for anything.”

Friends Girls Tomboy

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“She wished she could think of something to say to comfort her mother, and not just about Johnnie, but about something much worse that she knew and that Mother didn't. Father had left them and one day, when they all grew up and went away too, Mother would be quite alone.”

Fear Growing Up

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“It seemed to Poll, suddenly, that everyone was always looking forward to something wonderful that might never happen. Lily to being a famous actress, Mother to Dad coming home, Theo to being grown up, not an odd and lonely little boy but a person with friends, Father to making his fortune… It was a dangerous way to go on. The only safe things to be happy about were things that were over and gone.”

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“I'm frightened," Poll said. "Oh, you have to be brave to look forward," Aunt Sarah said. "Come on now, hold my hand." She stood up and brushed her dress down and looked at Poll keenly, as if she saw into her mind. "Things do go right sometimes," she said.”

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“It would be terrible for them to have a father they couldn't look up to. One who had done something he believed to be wrong.”

Character Integrity Fathers

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“Remember, Lily, that's the worst thing about poverty! Not hunger or leaky boots, but the way it drains out your spirit! However things turn out, you must never let that happen to you. Promise me!" (Mother)”

Character Spirit Hope Poverty

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