Abby Quote by Abby Sunderland

“less than 300 yards. With Eagle beam-on and at this point-blank range, U73 could not miss. The time was 1315. Aboard Eagle, at 1317,…

— Mike Crosley

“Footsteps vibrated the dock lightly, mercifully pulling him from the endless merry-go-round of his thoughts. He looked up, half-expecting to see Grace coming out…

— Donna Kauffman

“From here she could see miles of dark emerald forest with just a few birds erupting from its depths like flying fish skimming an…

— Eloisa James

“Olivia imagined a D-day-style invasion of the island, gardeners with saws and shovels parachuting out of the sky and storming the beaches—and were being…

— Neal Stephenson

“near-deserted parking lot, both buildings looking freshly painted and hopeful for a marina in which there were no yachts. The biggest boat moored at…

— Dennis Lehane

“The ship drew on and had safely passed the strait, which some volcanic shock has made between the Calasareigne and Jaros islands; had doubled…

— Alexandre Dumas

It's called a sea anchor,' [Evanlyn] explained. 'It'll stop us drifting too far.' Alyss was impressed. 'And you said you were pig-ignorant when it…

— John Flanagan

She felt like someone who drowns remembering what it was like to still be on the boat, so calm and at ease, so carelessly…

— Stephen King

“She picked up the book she was reading, Beyond the Ice Limit, found her dog-eared place at the beginning of chapter six, and began…

— Douglas Preston

“Last year a baby orca and its mother wandered too far upriver from the ocean; we saw the story in The Oregonian. They didn’t…

— Jennie Shortridge

“She remembers sprinting over the thin after-waves that slid over each other like sheets of glass. When she ran with the waves it looked…

— Isaac Marion

“unsignificantly off the coast there was a splash quite unnoticed this was Icarus drowning”

— William Carlos Williams