Lost in the Tsunami Quotes

“could see people standing on the beach staring at the wave, immobilized, in a trance, as if they were watching a movie. They didn’t think that what was happening in the ocean would reach the shore. Even if they ran as fast as they could, they wouldn’t have been able to escape it. They were screening a new clip from Thailand or Indonesia. It showed a little boy climbing up the trunk of a tree as the tidal wave flattened the tall palm trees. “The earthquake started near the Sumatra Islands in Indonesia.”
― Dorit Sliverman, Lost in the Tsunami: Women's Adventure

“But it’s a joke. You can never really know your children, especially once they leave your body and become their own people.”
― Dorit Sliverman, Lost in the Tsunami: Women's Adventure