Jungle Island Quotes

“Her cheeks burned afresh at the memory of that final night before
her departure from Sibu. She had gone to his berth out in the
saloon and pleaded with him to let her stay—sinking every last
vestige of pride in her desperation to be with him. Only he hadn't
cared. He'd told her roughly to get back to her cabin and stop
making a fool of herself. Next time he needed a woman, he had
said, he would make sure it was one and not some silly little girl
with romantic notions.”
― Kay Thorpe, Jungle Island

“The girl you knew was a silly little romantic with her head in the
clouds,' she hissed back at him, lowering her voice again as Steven
glanced their way. 'I learned to hit back.'
'You certainly did.' Ty put down the half-empty cup, taking
advantage of the pause to gather himself. When he spoke again it
was in modulated, reasonable tones. 'Ria, it wasn't the way you
thought back then. I no more wanted to lose you than you wanted
to go, only it wouldn't have worked out. You needed a home,
boyfriends, parties—all the things you'd missed out on trying to be
what you weren't. All I could offer you was a rusting boat and a
life where even I couldn't be sure what the next day was going to
bring.'
'I see.' She attempted the same level delivery. 'So you sent me
away for my own sake. Self-sacrificing of you, Ty—if I believed a
word of it!”
― Kay Thorpe, Jungle Island