Parenting Quote by Susan Mallery

“I lay still for a while, picking up the scattered garments of my mind and trying to assemble some kind of reasonable outfit from…

— Richard K. Morgan

“Ships passing in broad daylight.”

— Haruki Murakami

“The ships whose masts I saw outlined against the sky looked, with their black hulls, like silent monsters that were raising their hackles and…

— Knut Hamsun

“They were both in white, and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short…

— F Scott Fitzgerald

“I squared my shoulders, trying to ignore the fact that I was standing in the apartment of the sea witch, wearing a fairy-tale prom…

— Seanan McGuire

“Ten neatly coiffed female attendants stand against the walls, ready and waiting. Wearing starched yellow blouses with pink crossover ties neatly folded under the…

— Gretchen Powell

“She burst into her hotel room pulling her blouse over her head with one hand while she yanked her shoes off with the other.…

— G.S. Jennsen

“them already packed and waiting.”

— Marie Ferrarella

“And when the day arrives for the final voyage and the ship of no return is set to sail, you’ll find me aboard, traveling…

— Antonio Machado

“Now,' [her father] barked. She stiffly followed, still fully dressed in the elaborate navy-and-white gown she had worn all evening. It was hard not…

— Anne Mallory

“Ships have feelings.”

— Ann Leckie

“From seawater. They were at a port of some kind. And around her . . . those were ConEx containers. The kind that were shipped on…

— Elisabeth Naughton