The Graveyard Book

by

Neil Gaiman

Mo and her best friend, Nick, work together to bully younger students at the school that Bod briefly attends. Mo is the brains of their operation and directs Nick’s physical strength wherever she sees fit. Together, they devise a blackmail scheme in which they force young students to steal, film the theft, and threaten to take the video to police if the kids don’t hand over their weekly allowances. Bod, however, does everything in his power to stop Mo and Nick’s reign of terror. Although Bod manages to frighten Mo, she later goes to great lengths to seek revenge. She calls on her uncle, a police officer, to arrest Bod on bogus charges. But when Mo’s uncle learns that Mo is unfairly targeting Bod because of their issues at school, Mo’s life takes yet another turn for the worse. It’s unclear if Mo ever reforms, but by the time Bod is done frightening her, her entire family is angry with her and Nick refuses to speak to her.

Mo Quotes in The Graveyard Book

The The Graveyard Book quotes below are all either spoken by Mo or refer to Mo. 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:
Community, Identity, and Coming of Age Theme Icon
).
Chapter 6 Quotes

Bod said nothing. Then he said, “It’s not just the learning stuff. It’s the other stuff. Do you know how nice it is to be in a room filled with people and for all of them to be breathing?”

Related Characters: Nobody “Bod” Owens (speaker), Silas, Nick, Mo
Page Number: 193
Explanation and Analysis:
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Mo Quotes in The Graveyard Book

The The Graveyard Book quotes below are all either spoken by Mo or refer to Mo. 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:
Community, Identity, and Coming of Age Theme Icon
).
Chapter 6 Quotes

Bod said nothing. Then he said, “It’s not just the learning stuff. It’s the other stuff. Do you know how nice it is to be in a room filled with people and for all of them to be breathing?”

Related Characters: Nobody “Bod” Owens (speaker), Silas, Nick, Mo
Page Number: 193
Explanation and Analysis: