Theodore Taylor > Quotes

“This would be an outrageous cay man”
― Theodore Taylor, The Cay

“Timothy, are you still black?”
― Theodore Taylor

“The warm sand did feel good on my feet and now I was almost glad that we didn’t have to spend another night on the hard, wet boards of the raft.”
― Theodore Taylor, The Cay

“a Virgin Islan’.” “Then you are American,” I said. I remembered from school that we had bought the Virgins from Denmark. He laughed. “I suppose, young bahss. I nevar gave it much thought. I sail all d’islan’s, as well as Venezuela, Colombo, Panama.… I jus’ nevar gave”
― Theodore Taylor, The Cay

“Because he'd become “civilized,” Tuck was now a permanent night resident in my room, and although I maintained to everyone that he slept strictly on my bedside rug, there wasn't a single night that I couldn't feel his weight at the end of my bed, often a cozy lump over my feet. He was my security in the darkness, my knight of the night.”
― Theodore Taylor, The Trouble with Tuck

“Aruba.”
― Theodore Taylor, The Cay

“which means “other side,” the other part of the city. The view from there wasn’t as good as from the fort, but curious people were there, too, just looking. Strangely,”
― Theodore Taylor, The Cay

“Very few battles are ever fought exactly as planned.”
― Theodore Taylor

“Willemstad,”
― Theodore Taylor, The Cay