Nathaniel Bowditch Quotes

″...we can’t have freedom—unless we have freedom. And that means freedom to speak our minds.”

″‘I’ll do better, Mary. I swear I will.’ Mary didn’t answer. She just looked at Father. Her eyes were sad as Granny’s used to be. Nat knew what she was thinking. ‘You’ve lost your last anchor to windward.‘”

“Being indentured is just like being in jail. If you run away, someone will c-c-capture you and bring you b-b-back.”

“And now you’re becalmed. Just like I was at your age. Wouldn’t think to look at me I was bright as a dollar once, would you? But I was. Wanted to make something of myself. But I didn’t have a chance. Taken out of school, I was. Just like you.”

“It’s a simple matter of mathematics, sir.”

“For nine years he would not leave by Day or Night without permission.”