Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Chapter 5 Quotes
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Chapter 5 Quotes
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Quote 4
Their sudden movement knocked something loose in me and I found my voice again and shouted for them to wait, but they were already pounding the floorboards toward the door. (5.61)
If we were in his shoes, we might head in the other direction, but when Jacob spots a small group of creepy kids, one of whom can generate fire with her hands, he actually follows them.
Quote 5
Where had the townspeople been hiding all these big animals? Also, why was everyone looking at me? Every person I passed stared at me goggle-eyed, stopping whatever they were doing to rubberneck as I walked by. I must look as crazy as I feel. (5.81)
Jacob sticks out when he travels back in time because his clothes look so different than anything people wear in 1940.
Quote 6
"Let me see your eyes! […] No, your real eyes! Those fakes don't fool me any more than your ridiculous lie about Abe!" (5.122)
Emma wants to see Jacob's eyes because wights—some of the bad guys—don't have pupils. It seems that Emma knows that wights can alter their eyes, too, which makes it a little less surprising to learn that Dr. Golan hid his identity with contact lenses to make his eyes appear human.