White Fang Coming of Age Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph) Shmoop has numbered the chapters continuously, but the book renumbers them in each Part.

Quote #10

And the chief thing demanded by these intricacies of civilisation was control, restraint. (23.33)

Coming of age doesn't stop for White Fang, since he constantly has to adjust to new worlds and new rules. Here were are, just two chapters from the end, and he's still learning what it means to be involved in the world.