4 Quotes by Lin Pardey

Thing about boats is, you can always sell them if you don't like them. Can't sell kids.

The determination that is his biggest strength . . . is also at times his fatal flaw. Like an unthinking machine, he'll just keep shoving, not realizing a step back, a one-night pause, could let some obstacle move out of the way and smooth his path.

I grew to judge every purchase by how many bronze screws I could buy for the boat if I didn't spend on this or made do without that.

I had come to worry about those women who were full-time mothers and homemakers by choice. Did other, more career-minded women have the right to devalue them . . . ? Maybe it was time to slow down and look at the role restrictions imposed not only on women but the men around them, to search for the balance that could promote self-sufficiency . . .