360 Degrees Longitude Quotes

“I had either been insulted or praised. Perhaps both.”
― John Higham, 360 Degrees Longitude: One Family's Journey Around the World

“September was not deterred. “This is too cool!” she exclaimed. “How often do you get to go to a riot before church? Stand up straight,” she said quietly to the kids, “look confident and just act like you know what you’re doing.” She lifted up the police tape, dragged the kids under it, and started marching them across the overpass.

I couldn’t believe it. Well, actually I could. September’s mother had spent a day in jail a few years earlier for crossing a police line when she tried to drive down her own street, which had been blocked for a parade. I hadn’t known that a defective gene could cause one to disregard a police line. “You can’t do this!” I protested, trailing along. “You want to get pepper sprayed?”
― John Higham, 360 Degrees Longitude: One Family's Journey Around the World

“fter nearly four months of being on the road, nothing seemed to faze them. This is a really annoying quality; you want to be miserable, but those around you refuse to yield their sunny dispositions.”
― John Higham, 360 Degrees Longitude: One Family's Journey Around the World