"Ship Breaker" Quotes
In a dystopian future, a teenage boy scavenges for copper on a dangerous, post-apocalyptic beach and dreams of a better life.
young adult | 326 pages | Published in 2010
Quotes
You get used to the screams. You get used to the way the ground heaves and shakes as the ships break apart on the beach.
The thing about a lucky break is that it doesn't last long. It's just a break.
We're all hurtling towards death, yet here we are for the moment, alive. Each of us knowing we're going to die, each of us secretly believing we won't.
Sometimes you have to work for your luck. Sometimes you have to fight for it.
The world is filled with broken things.
Survival is a way of life, and death is just another thing that happens.
You can't live in this world and not be changed by it.
The world has a way of leaving scars on you.
Hard work doesn't guarantee anything, but without it you don't stand a chance.
Some people are born lucky. Some people are born hungry.
