The Ship Quotes

“Could time be measured in the books you have read and the books you haven't read?”
― Antonia Honeywell, The Ship

“As the fresh air brought warm blood to my cheeks, I realised that I had lived through a kind of death. I was alive. I would continue to live. But time and my mother were gone, and my life would now be defined, not by their absence, but by their absolute and irrevocable loss.”
― Antonia Honeywell, The Ship

“Without learning, there was no journey of discovery. And without discovery, there was nothing but a full plate at dinner and a soft bed at night.”
― Antonia Honeywell, The Ship

“My parents and I lived in a proper flat, with food and clothes and locks on the door, and because we had these things, it seemed to me that they were available, and anyone who lived without them was making a choice. My father was very big on choice.”
― Antonia Honeywell, The Ship