How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
I lost the ability to think. I wanted to call Dylan up to tell him […] What was the point anyway? I would just be telling him so I would have somebody else be as scared as I was. (25.1)
Ben tries to protect his younger brothers from his fear. It never really works, though.
Quote #5
I couldn't move. I just stared at him. He was twice as big as I was, and he took up the whole ocean between the dinghy and me. I needed to surface to breathe or to swim away or to climb the coral-crusted side of the rock. But I could not move. (35.12)
Sometimes fear can make you do something heroic. Other times, it just roots you to the spot when you're about to get eaten by a shark.