Innocence Quote by Barbara Kingsolver

“...the sea offers the only broad horizon, and the immense he saw now gave him a peculiar, an indescribable thrill. He felt suddenly elated.…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“If a heart could actually swell with warmth, he knew his just had. He was the anchor and she was the beautiful vessel swinging…

— Natasza Waters

“And I did nothing, nothing but try to hide from the horror of dying." He stopped, for saying the truth aloud was unendurable. It…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Esteban fell face downward upon the floor. "I am alone, alone, alone," he cried. The Captain stood above him, his great plain face ridged…

— Thornton Wilder

“He'd been inside of a storm, all right. He'd been swept up in a tornado of sex and memory, naked regret and short-lived ecstasy.…

— Nancy Pickard

“He thought he kept the universe alone; For all the voice in answer he could wake Was but the mocking echo of his own…

— Robert Frost

“for him the craft of building a boat was like religion. It wasn’t enough to master the technical details of it. You had to…

— Daniel James Brown

“He’d dive deeper and deeper into the calming depths of the sea, safe from the storms on the surface. And when he found himself…

— Jasun Ether

“He was on the lookout, and if the chance presented itself, he was going to be off on a little detour of his own…

— Max Nowaz

“The rocking of the boat by the waves was soothing but unknown. The men on the shore were asleep. Not the twelve-year-old, though. He…

— Joseph O'Neill

“Suddenly a canoe appeared and in it a young boy with dark hair and sad eyes rowed toward Aria. She looked up only once…

— Anna Adams

“He held his head, and he cried for them, and he did not melt into the sea but sat, aching, in the glowing moonlight-for…

— Nick Lake