Abby Sunderland quotes - page 2

It seems like people my age are over-protected today, even to the point where a lot of parents refuse to put their kids in the position to make important decisions, to aspire to great things, because they don't want to put them in a position to fail. (Abby Sunderland)
The critics barged in to harp on every decision we made. . .Sadly, I began to doubt myself. Maybe I was too young. Maybe I wasn't a good enough sailor. View quote
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Unable to make radio contact with this second plane I felt my chances were fading fast. Dropping the radio mic, I sprinted up to the deck . . . and saw a huge ship bearing down on me! View quote
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It was like a horrible movie clip, only worse, because I could feel it-not just see it. View quote
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Even without looking I knew: there was no way I still had a mast. And without a mast, the trip was over. View quote
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Fifty feet of mast lay in the heaving water, downed lines and shrouds holding it there. View quote
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But the more times she missed, the faster she'd be traveling when she finally slammed into the mast. And it wasn't if she hit the mast; it was when. At that point, Abby would be either severely injured or dead. View quote
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After the week of stormy weather, she set sail under sunny skies, on a glassy sea with a big swell running. View quote
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Against reason, I thought that the next swell would be it: another rogue wave would roll me again... At that moment, a noise from above caught my attention. And I looked up just in time to see a gigantic white airplane fly by. View quote
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I saw the loose tiller jolt hard to the side as the boat began to spin. View quote
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Just like that, a single phone call erased one possible, horrendous future-and replaced it with the bright certainty that God had answered the prayers of thousands and that their beloved Abby was coming home. (Abby Sunderland)
The only thing I knew to do was to pray. "Lord, if I'm going to be rescued,” I said out loud, "please let me know.”. View quote
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Just as I was about to grab the rope ladder, a huge swell lifted the dinghy nearly to La Reunion's deck level, and at least a dozen smiling French fishermen pulled me aboard. View quote
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It was dark. Something had fallen on top of the cabin light, turning the cabin into a black tunnel. I couldn't hear anything at all. The roll didn't stop. It continued to port, and for just a few seconds I was sitting on the ceiling in the dark. View quote
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Marianne tried to stay hopeful. But slowly her imagination bulldozed her optimism aside and pushed her mind into a dark place. There, she saw Abby tethered to the boat in her bright red foul-weather gear, being dragged along dead in the sea. View quote
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