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41 " Who would be captain?" he said."Uh, I would.""Oh, no, no, no. Guess again.""You can't mutiny, we don't have a ship yet.""I'm planning ahead."I grinned at him, suddenly feeling free—expansive—like full sails and an open horizon. "
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42 " And in that moment, I saw the horizon unbounded and I reeled with the vastness of it. What new shores would I discover if I could only travel those few inches? A storm—a tempest in the pit of my stomach—but I was the skiff tossed on the waves, and my father’s lesson like thunder in my ears: don’t get too close. Still, the temptation was there. "
43 " Had I been too selfish? I had never known my mother, but I knew my life as it had been without her: the ship, the sea, the myths, the maps . . . and, yes, Kashmir. The pain I felt at the thought of losing him—the same pain that kept me at arm’s length—gave me a hint of my father’s own struggle. "
44 " last night, there had been so much to say, but tomorrow had become today, and everything was different.p. 391 - the girl from everywhere "
45 " How can I say no, Kash?” I murmured. “She’s dead because of me. "
46 " You’ve done a lot of studying, Nix, and you know the maps, but I know what I believe, and that’s all that really matters.” My breath hitched in my throat to hear it stated so plainly. “Good to know how insignificant my thoughts are to you,” I said bitterly. "
47 " You know, if I had your morals, I could solve all my problems. "
48 " The age of exploration is long over, amira. Now it’s the age of globalization. And once everyone agrees something is one way, all the other ways it could have been disappear. "
49 " Everything must come to an end. In every myth, paradise is meant to be lost. "
50 " Knowing something has an ending...makes it easier to begin," I said carefully. "I never want to be stuck missing something I didn't expect to lose. "
51 " Last night, there had been so much to say, but tomorrow had become today, and everything was different. "
52 " Who would be captain?” he said. “Uh, I would.” “Oh, no, no no. Guess again.” “You can’t mutiny, we don’t have a ship yet.” “I’m planning ahead.” I "
53 " The treasury doesn’t belong to the king, it belongs to the people.” “I’ve tried that one before. It didn’t work. If you can get arrested for taking something, it’s not yours.” “That’s "
54 " Jesus, Dad,” I said as people stared. “Someone will rob you.”The captain laughed. “Yeah.” He jerked his chin toward Kash. “Him. "
55 " This was what I’d always wanted . . . only now I understood the meaning behind the old curse, “May your every wish be granted. "
56 " But, as was so often the case, the reality was different from what I’d imagined. "
57 " The moment stretched like a rack and I writhed upon it. "