Quotes Flashcards
“Me? Go to a ball? Tuta thought. With all of those…
…flash ladies with their crowns and diamonds and emeralds? Not bloody likely”
“Not me. They’ll have to drag me…
…there. I’m not going. Not me. No fear. No WAY.”
“Tuta rolled his eyes - how come everyone he told about the invitation…
…got infected by some kind of disease!”
“Well what’s all these courses for?…
Tuta objected. Why don’t they just stick all the kai on the table at once?”
“He trembled, squirmed, palpitated…
…and sweated all over the seat.”
“He felt quite sure that the paint was running off his shoes…
…and there were great big black footmarks all the way to where he was now standing.”
“Tuta looked for…
…a hole to disappear into.”
“Have some hors d’oeuvres, Mr Tutae. Some escalope or veal perhaps?…
…You must try the pate de fois gras! A slice of jambon? What about langouste? Oh, the raspberry gateau is just divine!”
“He was…
…an entertainment.”
“Then it came to him that, bloody hell, if he could not join them - as if…
…he would really want to do that - then, yes, he could beat them if he wanted to.”
“They needed to come in on their own terms - that’s what they would have to learn - as…
…the real people they were and not as carbon copies of the people already inside.”
“Oh, world, watch out, because…
…your walls will come down in a flash, like Jericho.”
“He took her hand and the band began to…
…wail a so sweet but oh-so-mean saxophone solo as he led her onto the dancefloor.”
Tuta leads Joyce to the dancefloor
“He took her hand and the band began to wail a so sweet but oh-so-mean saxophone solo as he led her onto the dancefloor.”
Referring to the destruction of social norms
“Oh, world, watch out, because your walls will come down in a flash, like Jericho.”
Tuta and Joyce learning they have to be themselves
“They needed to come in on their own terms - that’s what they would have to learn - as the real people they were and not as carbon copies of the people already inside.”
Tuta realising he can beat them by being himself
“Then it came to him that, bloody hell, if he could not join them - as if he would really want to do that - then, yes, he could beat them if he wanted to.”
What the upperclassmen thought of him
“He was an entertainment”
The rich people laughing at his reactions by offering him food
“Have some hors d’oeuvres, Mr Tutae. Some escalope or veal perhaps? …You must try the pate de fois gras! A slice of jambon? What about langouste? Oh, the raspberry gateau is just divine!”
Tuta wanting to escape from his situation
“Tuta looked for a hole to disappear into.”
Tuta being very nervous the rich people would see through him
“He felt quite sure that the paint was running off his shoes and there were great big black footprints all the way to where he was now standing.”
Tuta being very nervous going to the ball
“He trembled, squirmed, palpitated and sweated all over the seat.”
Tuta not understanding the rich people’s standards
“Well what’s all these courses for? Tuta objected. Why don’t they just stick all the kai on the table at once?”
Tuta being annoyed everyone was making a fuss about him going to the ball
“Tuta rolled his eyes - how come everyone he told about the invitation got infected by some kind of disease!”
