Abby Sunderland Quotes
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I will definitely attempt to sail around the world again. In fact, I can’t wait for the chance to try again.
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Just as I was about to grab the rope ladder, a huge swell lifted the dinghy nearly to La Reunion’s deck level, and at least a dozen smiling French fishermen pulled me aboard.
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I am twelve thousand miles wiser, twelve thousand miles more resilient, and I have twelve thousand miles more faith in God.
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The terrifying physics of going up-mast in heavy seas are inescapable.
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Being at sea is like watching the whole world in high-definition.
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I knew that even if I was able to call for help, I was in a place so remote that it wasn’t likely there would be anyone who could help me. And even if there were, it could take week.
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One day that same year, I told my dad that someday, I would sail around the world alone.
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Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space.
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I will never forget the feeling of walking into my home, a place that while drifting helpless in the middle of the Indian Ocean I wondered if I would ever see again.
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I wanted to break the record, of course, and become the youngest person to sail around the world solo and unassisted.