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" Knowing it was her last night on the Arabella, Maia fought against sleep. She must remember it all--the lapping of the water against the side of the boat, the white moths, the fireflies…
Finn, too, was awake. “When we’re grown up I’ll come back for you, I promise. No one can stop us then. "

Eva Ibbotson , Journey to the River Sea


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Eva Ibbotson quote : Knowing it was her last night on the <i>Arabella</i>, Maia fought against sleep. She must remember it all--the lapping of the water against the side of the boat, the white moths, the fireflies…<br />Finn, too, was awake. “When we’re grown up I’ll come back for you, I promise. No one can stop us then.