Quotes from Theodore Taylor

This would be an outrageous cay man

Timothy, are you still black?

Very few battles are ever fought exactly as planned.

The warm sand did feel good on my feet and now I was almost glad that we didn't have to spend another night on the hard, wet boards of the raft.

a Virgin Islan'." "Then you are American," I said. I remembered from school that we had bought the Virgins from Denmark. He laughed. "I suppose, young bahss. I nevar gave it much thought. I sail all d'islan's, as well as Venezuela, Colombo, Panama.… I jus' nevar gave

which means "other side," the other part of the city. The view from there wasn't as good as from the fort, but curious people were there, too, just looking. Strangely