Tattered Tom Quotes

“Once more she felt that she had a home, humble enough, to be sure, but made attractive by kindness.”
― Horatio Alger Jr., Tattered Tom: Or, the Story of a Street Arab

“Now, good clothes exert more influence upon the wearer than we might at first suppose. So it was with Tom.”
― Horatio Alger Jr., Tattered Tom: Or, the Story of a Street Arab

“To Tom, who was a true child of the city, who had rarely seen green grass, since the round of her life had been spent within a short distance of City Hall Park, it seemed strange. She wondered how it would seem to live in the country, and rather thought she should not like it.”
― Horatio Alger Jr., Tattered Tom: Or, the Story of a Street Arab

“Poor Tom began to regret that she had experienced anything better, since it seemed doubtful whether she would ever again be satisfied with a street life.”
― Horatio Alger Jr., Tattered Tom: Or, the Story of a Street Arab

“That Tom should be very conscientious on the subject of truth could hardly be expected.”
― Horatio Alger Jr., Tattered Tom: Or, the Story of a Street Arab

“There seemed a popular sentiment in favor of employing boys, and Tom, like others of her sex, found herself shut out from an employment for which she considered herself fitted.”
― Horatio Alger Jr., Tattered Tom: Or, the Story of a Street Arab