Ingo Quotes

“I've known for a long time about dolphins getting caught in nets and drowning there. But knowing is not the same as seeing it with your own eyes. I feel heavy, sad and responsible.”
― Helen Dunmore, The Crossing of Ingo

“That's what people do in Holland. They build dykes and ditches. They don't drown. They're brilliant engineers.'
'So I've heard,' says Faro thoughtfully. 'They're very obstinate, those people in Holland.”
― Helen Dunmore, The Tide Knot

“The see lifts me again, and carries me away with it.”
― Helen Dunmore, The Tide Knot

“Be brave. Each time you are brave, it grows easier.”
― Helen Dunmore, The Tide Knot

“We know everything about the Earth now, except how to keep her alive.”
― Helen Dunmore, The Deep

“You will come back to us?'
'Yes, I will come back. I belong to Ingo now.”
― Helen Dunmore, The Crossing of Ingo

“Everyone knows they're only stories. Mermaids aren't real: they're a legend. As long as humans believe that, Ingo is safe.”
― Helen Dunmore, Stormswept

“Chimpanzees look nearly human. They share most of their DNA with us. But we do research on them. We experiment on them and because they're not quite human, that's all right.”
― Helen Dunmore, Stormswept

“You humans are the ones who want more. You want the whole world to bow to human desires.”
― Helen Dunmore

“I know I love her, but I can't find the feeling.”
― Helen Dunmore, The Deep

“When you're out on the bare ocean and you see a whale breach and blow, you've seen glory.”
― Helen Dunmore, The Deep

“People say how amazing communications are these days, because you can feel as if you're in the same room as someone in Australia.But you don't really feel that way.You keep telling each other news about your lives,but it feels false.”
― Helen Dunmore, The Crossing of Ingo