“Ben,” Dad snarled. He was tired. “Life jacket and safety harness. Always. When you’re alone on deck at night, we’d never know if you fell off. You’d be left behind. We’d never find you.” “Doesn’t sound so bad,” I said.” — M.H. Herlong Copy Share Image
“Sometimes when you read a book or watch a TV show, you see the people and you think, Don’t do that. Don’t open that… — M.H. Herlong Copy Share Image
“Usually when you’re steering a boat, it’s like steering a car – you aim yourself in the right direction and move the tiller a… — M.H. Herlong Copy Share Image
“What’s up?” I said. “Nothing.” “I mean what’s wrong?” “My leg is broken.” “Yeah, I noticed.” — M.H. Herlong Copy Share Image
“The thing about life is that it goes on. You wake up and there is the sun like always. There is your own body… — M.H. Herlong Copy Share Image
“I thought that it was possible at a time like that to cry. There was a switch inside somewhere, and a person could just… — M.H. Herlong Copy Share Image
“(After Gerry fell overboard and they set sail) “Dad.” I held my teeth tight. “I guess you forgot. Planning this whole trip, I would… — M.H. Herlong Copy Share Image
“When you’ve been on a boat for a while, its sounds gets to be like the sound of your own heartbeat. It’s always there,… — M.H. Herlong Copy Share Image
“Ben,” Dad snarled. He was tired. “Life jacket and safety harness. Always. When you’re alone on deck at night, we’d never know if you… — M.H. Herlong Copy Share Image
“Gerry breathed loudly and slowly. “Dylan,” he said accusingly, “that was a sad story.” “Not it’s not. It’s a happy story. It’s about a… — M.H. Herlong Copy Share Image
“So we cooked the flounder and ate every single bite. It was huge, and we were stuffed. It was worse than Thanksgiving. I mean… — M.H. Herlong Copy Share Image
“I wished we had milk – milk for strong bones. Dylan said he would eat the fish bones if I would quit talking about milk.” — M.H. Herlong Copy Share Image
