The Great Wide Sea Quotes

Below me were fathoms of darkness and strange, goggle-eyed fish. Above me were the stars and the expanding universe. How was I supposed to go to sleep? (8.28)

We got in the car, and I sat in the front seat. Mom's seat, I thought, and closed my eyes. (2.13)

In my mind, I looked at the line and it was like looking over the edge of a cliff and falling. Falling and falling and falling. Straight into the bottomless sea. (6.32)

I loved to sail. But I also loved to come home, and this time we weren't coming home. (1.23)

I wanted to spend the summer alone. I didn't want to talk to anybody. I just wanted to sleep, ride my bike to the lake, and sail away. I wanted to stay gone all day and then come home late, take a...

The last time I hugged her, I was exactly as tall as she was. Your own mom always seems so big, and then one day you have this shock of realizing you are as tall as she is. (2.1)

Even the way he looked had completely changed. He had wrinkles around his eyes. The gray in his hair shone in the dim morning light. (1.8)

Two blocks away, a guy had run a red light. He had killed Mom. Her clothes were still in the closet. (1.46)