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Mrs. Beale is the mother of Amanda and Hester and Lester Beale and the wife of Mr. Beale. She spends much of her time cleaning up the youngest children’s messes. Mrs. Beale is warm-hearted and hospitable, welcoming Maniac into the household as soon as she learns he’s homeless. She becomes a beloved maternal figure in Maniac’s life.
Mrs. Beale Quotes in Maniac Magee
The Maniac Magee quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Beale or refer to Mrs. Beale. 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:
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Chapter 14
Quotes
[O]ne day […] Mrs. Beale said it: "You that Maniac?"
He told her what he told everyone. "I'm Jeffrey. You know me." Because he was afraid of losing his name, and with it the only thing he had left from his mother and father.
Mrs. Beale smiled. "Yeah, I know you all right. You'll be nothing but Jeffrey in here. But—” she nodded to the door —"out there, I don't know."
She was right, of course. Inside his house, a kid gets one name, but on the other side of the door, it's whatever the rest of the world wants to call him.
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Mrs. Beale Quotes in Maniac Magee
The Maniac Magee quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Beale or refer to Mrs. Beale. 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 14
Quotes
[O]ne day […] Mrs. Beale said it: "You that Maniac?"
He told her what he told everyone. "I'm Jeffrey. You know me." Because he was afraid of losing his name, and with it the only thing he had left from his mother and father.
Mrs. Beale smiled. "Yeah, I know you all right. You'll be nothing but Jeffrey in here. But—” she nodded to the door —"out there, I don't know."
She was right, of course. Inside his house, a kid gets one name, but on the other side of the door, it's whatever the rest of the world wants to call him.
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