"Boys get to do what they want in this world, and girls do not."
Chapter 3, p. 19

"'Yes, it is, but Massachusetts outlawed slavery only two years ago - and then only by a judge striking that practice down, not by popular vote, you may count on that.'"
Chapter 10, p. 84

"'I've found that most adventures are better in the telling of than in the living through.'"
Chapter 13, p. 110

"Water seeks its own level, at least half the girls would say, and I agree with them."
Chapter 15, p. 118

"His eyes no longer roll about but have become hooded, secretive, sly."
Chapter 20, p. 174

"I reflected that once again a bargain had been made, sealed with blood and pain, and that not all that pain was mine."
Chapter 26, p. 250

"We continue to grow in stature in the crew's eyes, and he continues to be diminished."
Chapter 33, p. 295

"The flaps come...