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The principal at Ally's school. At the start of the novel, Mrs. Silver is exasperated with how often she sees Ally in her office. She tells Ally that the sympathy card is too far out of line and, like Mom, she believes that Ally does things like that on purpose. Thanks to Mr. Daniels Ally doesn't see much of Mrs. Silver for the rest of the novel until she wins student of the month. At that point, Mrs. Silver apologizes to Ally for not suspecting dyslexia earlier and tells Ally that she's proud of all the progress she's made.
Mrs. Silver Quotes in Fish in a Tree
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Chapter 2
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I stand tall, but everything inside shrinks. The thing is, I feel real bad. I mean, I felt terrible when the neighbor's dog died, never mind if a baby had died. I just didn't know it was a sad card like that. All I could see were beautiful yellow flowers. And all I could imagine was how happy I was going to make her.
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Chapter 51
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I want you to know how sorry I am about the bumpy road we had for a while. I'm proud of all the strides you're making. All the hard work you're doing. We should have picked up on your learning differences before, but you were so bright... and, well, I hope you'll give me another chance to help.
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Mrs. Silver Quotes in Fish in a Tree
The Fish in a Tree quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Silver or refer to Mrs. Silver. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 2
Quotes
I stand tall, but everything inside shrinks. The thing is, I feel real bad. I mean, I felt terrible when the neighbor's dog died, never mind if a baby had died. I just didn't know it was a sad card like that. All I could see were beautiful yellow flowers. And all I could imagine was how happy I was going to make her.
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Chapter 51
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I want you to know how sorry I am about the bumpy road we had for a while. I'm proud of all the strides you're making. All the hard work you're doing. We should have picked up on your learning differences before, but you were so bright... and, well, I hope you'll give me another chance to help.
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