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A house is kind of scary.
All the media are horrible.
I have not yet begun to fight!
My desire for fame is infinite.
He who will not risk cannot win.
Faith is a continuation of reason.
Start first and increase your lead.
I grew up sailing in the North Sea.
Nothing exciting ever happens to me.
Whoever can surprise well must conquer.
Being dead is being weak and walled off.
A sailor's joys are as simple as a child's.
I ain't going to let nobody steal my dream.
I may sink, but I'll be damned if I strike!
...without a Respectable Navy, Alas America!
So I departed and was free from imprisonment.
I hate storms, but calms undermine my spirits.
At sea, I feel comfortable and I come to rest.
If you can't tie good knots, tie plenty of them
I’m an ordinary girl who believed in her dream.
The only way to get a good crew is to marry one.
You understand why some animals eat their young.
I do not often get lonely, and I never get bored.
You are only as big as the dreams you dare to live.
It's out there at sea that you are really yourself.
I was four when I first stood at the helm on my own.
I want simply to learn about the world and live freely.
You can't just plain die. You got to do it by the book.
At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much.
It's not a sin to get knocked down; it's a sin to stay down
You can't change conditions - just the way you deal with them.
I wanted freedom, open air and adventure. I found it on the sea.
Being at sea is like watching the whole world in high-definition.
The swells were amazing! As big as three-story apartment buildings!
Since I was 10 years old, I knew I wanted to sail around the world.
I'm still not used to the idea of being the youngest circumnavigator.
The terrifying physics of going up-mast in heavy seas are inescapable.
The way to get killed around machinery was to take things for granted.
Sailboat racing becomes a game of chance only when you are not prepared
I would lay down my life for America but I cannot trifle with my Honor.
Where men of fine feeling are concerned there is seldom misunderstanding.
Terror ripped through me as I was falling, falling, falling toward the sea.
It was really weird dealing with the media. I had no idea how to handle it.
Slowly, my brain let me in on the fact that I had just come this close to dying.
As a 13-year-old girl, it was never my intention to be the center of world news.
Going up the mast is one of the most dangerous things you can do as a solo sailor.
The things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability.
I really like boats. If you want to go somewhere, you just take your house with you.
When I'm not surfing or sailing, I am to be found at the harbour working on my boat.
When a sailor overcomes crushing adversity, there's a massive sense of accomplishment.