Linda Greenlaw Quotes in The Perfect Storm (2000)

Linda Greenlaw: [at the services for the crew of the Andrea Gail] I knew Billy Tyne, but I did not know his crew very well, but any man who sailed with him, must have been the better for it. Rober Shatford, Dale Murphy, Micheal Moran, David Sullivan, Alfred Pierre... May you rest easy long-liners, in fair winds, and calm seas... For those of us left behind, the vast unmarked grave which is home for those lost at sea is no consolation. It can't be visited, there is no headstone on which to rest a bunch of flowers... The only place we can revisit them, is in our hearts, or in our dreams. They say swordboatmen suffer from a lack of dreams, that's what begets their courage... Well we'll dream for you: Billy, and Bobby, and Murph, Bugsy, Sully, and Alfred Pierre... Sleep well... Good Night...

Linda Greenlaw: [warning Billy over the radio] Billy? Get outta there! Come about! Let it- let it carry you out of there! What the hell are you doing? Billy! For Christ sake! You're steaming into a bomb! Turn around for Christ sake! Billy, can ya hear me? You're headed right for the middle of the monster! Billy?...

[starts crying]

Linda Greenlaw: ... Oh, my God!

Linda Greenlaw: [in the bridge of the Andrea Gail] I saw your guys loading bait. You doing a turnaround?

Captain Billy Tyne: No rest for the weary.

Linda Greenlaw: There you go. Flaunting your work ethic.

Captain Billy Tyne: I don't have a work ethic. I just have work... If I'm going to catch up to you.

Linda Greenlaw: [Losing contact with the Andrea Gail, Linda picks up her ship's radio] Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! This is the Hannah Boden relaying a mayday for the Andrea Gail...