The Last Whaler Quotes

“But May is now marred by your death. The second anniversary of your death. How could May be so kind and so cruel?”
― Cynthia Reeves, The Last Whaler

“Buy May is now marred by your death. The second anniversary of your death. How could May be so kind and so cruel?”
― Cynthia Reeves, The Last Whaler

“One can never fully explain one's own motivations, let alone another's reasons for doing things. It's not just what people hide from each other. It's not knowing in the first place.”
― Cynthia Reeves, The Last Whaler

“How is it that the songs we've repeated for years suddenly seem to speak to us? It's as if we mindlessly sing and recite until one day, we finally listen.”
― Cynthia Reeves, The Last Whaler

“I can understand such moments of pure joy are joyful because we have the sorrows to compare them to, just as, without darkness, we wouldn't understand the light.”
― Cynthia Reeves, The Last Whaler

“The lights forced us to pay deeper attention to the universe's mysteries...
...No complicated machinery needed, just the act of breathing, and watching, and paying attention to the infinite.”
― Cynthia Reeves, The Last Whaler

“We have little power over the course the world is taking. That much I learned from my husband's experience. But we do have power over our personal dominions.”
― Cynthia Reeves, The Last Whaler