The Yacht Quotes

“I’d been certain that I’d die on that rock, and maybe I had in a way. The Hannah I’d been before the yacht wasn’t the one who came back. I felt sorry for her, the old me. But I loved her, too, and I forgave her. I forgave myself for being her. For being small and lost and scared to open my heart. My heart felt like an open wound now, but it felt. And I was glad.”
― Sarah Goodwin, The Yacht

“It still felt surreal, being back in the real world. A world with traffic noise, squirrels and people everywhere. I bought an ice-cream because I could and relished it all the way back to the bus stop.”
― Sarah Goodwin, The Yacht

“This’ll just last a little longer. I’ll be OK for a little longer.”
― Sarah Goodwin, The Yacht

“Survive, Hannah. Just keep surviving.”
― Sarah Goodwin, The Yacht

“the watery light enabled me to see Olly at the end of the hall. His foot was still trapped and his body was floating, making it seem as if he was slowly turning in a pirouette.”
― Sarah Goodwin, The Yacht

“I looked at the slick rocks and realised that we weren’t any closer to being saved. That was followed by the sickening thought that there was no longer a ‘we’. There was just me. Alone.”
― Sarah Goodwin, The Yacht

“Images of Leon’s stiff face and Maggie’s awful, bulging eyes refused to leave me alone, and in the dark there was nothing else to focus on, so the memories came at me vividly. I pulled the duvet tightly around myself and rested my forehead on my knees. All the fight had gone out of me. I had nothing and no one to help me, no plans or escape routes to seize on. I was trapped in the very bowels of this stinking boat, waiting for a killer to come and find me. When he decided it was time.”
― Sarah Goodwin, The Yacht

“It was agony, but I could survive it. Just as I’d weathered the pain of resetting my shoulder. The pain was temporary, necessary. A part of healing. Even as my world came down around me, I could appreciate that these awful feelings were proof that I was alive – that I had survived – just as my awareness of cold had returned as I escaped hypothermia. Numbness was the sign of losing the battle, and I never wanted to be numb again.”
― Sarah Goodwin, The Yacht

“You see a glass of wine fall over and you’re like, that’s fifty pounds wasted. We see it and we’re like, fuck, now I need another glass of wine.”
― Sarah Goodwin, The Yacht

“Who wouldn’t colour coordinate their helicopter to their yacht? What were we, savages?”
― Sarah Goodwin, The Yacht

“The lower deck had its own glassed-in room, and at the rear, spot-lit from a dozen angles, was an honest to Jesus helicopter, white and gold to match the boat itself. Was that intentional or a happy accident? I rolled my eyes. Of course it was intentional. Who wouldn’t colour coordinate their helicopter to their yacht? What were we, savages?”
― Sarah Goodwin, The Yacht