Nickerson, Macy, in charge of outfitting the Essex that summer of 1819, attempted to
“Just because somebody sees or hears or feels something other folks can’t, doesn’t mean they’re crazy. My grandma used to say, ‘A blind man don’t call us crazy for seeing.’ ”
― Homegoing
― Homegoing
“People—everybody—take themselves too seriously. Each generation thinks it will save the world, make a new Utopia, a new order. It ends up in the same Dismal Swamp.”
― Captains and the Kings
― Captains and the Kings
“I’d never before realized how precious a minute could be. An hour. A day. They pass by so fast, and you can’t do anything to stop them.”
― Until We Meet Again
― Until We Meet Again
“looked at my face as a child and thought, My God, if only anyone could have told you what you were going to go through in this life, what you were going to be up against. That cute little blond-haired child in the matching dress with her mommy. It overwhelmed me.”
― From Here to the Great Unknown
― From Here to the Great Unknown
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