Quote by Caleb Carr

“a boat, even a wrecked and wretched boat still has all the possibilities of moving”

— Dionne Brand

“My lifeless body - a boat with sunken anchors, without leader on board, without harbor, without country, only my moist sails afloat in that…

— Camelia C

“The difference between her and me might be figured by that between the stately ship, cruising safe on smooth seas, with its full complement…

— Charlotte Brontë

“I looked at the images hanging on the walls, wanting to find those things in her pictures. My favorite was directly across from me:…

— Leesa Freeman

“A half-drowned stranger was more exciting than a bruised and exhausted daughter. She could be dying for all they'd care, she thought angrily, picking…

— Vivien Alcock

“I was left on the shore with the waves washing over me, unable to drown.”

— John Green

“Sometimes...I lose myself in looking back upon the ocean which I have passed, and now and then find myself surprised by a tear in…

— Jim Murphy

“Mother was comfort. Mother was home. A girl who lost her mother was suddenly a tiny boat on an angry ocean. Some boats eventually…

— Ruta Sepetys

“Between Two Harbors, Reflections of a Catalina Island Harbormaster, tells of my involvement in the death of Natalie Wood, to the many unique and…

— Doug Oudin

“When I got to college, when I finally fled the suffocation that I'd built around myself—because, to my father's credit, he'd never asked me…

— Allison Winn Scotch

“I think about that story a lot now. People in a boat, waiting, terrified, while implacable, unsmiling men, irresistibly strong, seize …. Maybe the…

— Tony Kushner

“I cannot help but remind myself that all that time, you knew the truth. You allowed yourself to slowly make terms with your decision,…

— Jesse Warner