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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| eaefc5a | there never was a ship that fought well without she was a happy ship. | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| 632daa6 | You were always grossly obese,' observed Stephen. 'Were you to walk ten miles a day, and eat half what you do in fact devour, with no butcher's meat and no malt liquors, you would be able to play at the hand-ball like a Christian rather than a galvanized manatee, or dugong. Mr Goodridge, how do you so, sir? I hope I see you well.' This to Jack's opponent, a former shipmate, the master of HMS Polychrest and a fine navigator, but one whose ca.. | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| 89fc8ea | Life is a long disease with only one termination and its last years are appalling: weak, racked by the stone, rheumatismal pains, senses going, friends, family, occupation gone, a man must pray for imbecility or a heart of stone. All under sentence of death, often ignominious, frequently agonizing: and then the unspeakable levity with which the faint chance of happiness is thrown away for some jealousy, tiff, sullenness, private vanity, mis.. | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| ca5c0df | If I no longer love Diana,' he wrote, 'what shall I do?' What could he do, with his mainspring, his prime mover gone? He had known that he would love her for ever - to the last syllable of recorded time. He had not sworn it, any more than he had sworn that the sun would rise every morning: it was too certain, too evident: no one swears that he will continue to breathe nor that twice two is four. Indeed, in such a case an oath would imply th.. | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| 278ddc3 | You are a reasonably civil, complaisant creature on dry land,' said Stephen, 'but the moment you are afloat you become pragmatical and absolute, a bashaw - do this, do that, gluppit the prawling strangles, there - no longer a social being at all. It is no doubt the effect of the long-continued habit of command; but it cannot be considered amiable. | jargon navy | Patrick O'Brian | |
| 09a9899 | for Captain Aubrey, as for the rest of brute creation, there were only two kinds of birds, the edible and the inedible. | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| 05456b2 | they made nothing of the administration of the drugs other than the fact that the groans in the cabin stopped; but they did catch some words about "delighted to attend the opening of the body, in the event of a contrary result" that earned Dr Maturin some brooding glances as the two medical men went over the side, for the Otters loved their captain." | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| 67b3d11 | Stephen came on deck reflecting with satisfaction upon his sloth, now a parlour-boarder with the Irish Franciscans at Rio, and a secret drinker of the altar-wine. | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| 77abb74 | the education of the young gentlemen aboard is almost all a matter of trigonometry: even of algebra, Heaven preserve us. | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| 94e565a | Whereas I had not meant anything so illiberal as a national reflexion, of course; only that I hated Papists. | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| 52f6006 | Physically he was tired and his body relaxed throughout its entire length; his mind was in much the same state, floating free, detached, as though he had taken his old favourite, the tincture of laudanum. He felt no particular anxiety. The attempt must either succeed or fail: he hoped with all his heart for success, but 'all his heart' did not amount to a great deal now that some essential part of its core seemed to have died. Yet on the ot.. | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| d03eb2c | I wonder, James, whether it is not too easy for a rich man to despise money | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| 7cc212e | And think of our poor doctor, all alone among them damned trees - why, there might be owls. | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| 4c28975 | Oh, I shall plead guilty at once,' said Stephen. 'And I shall add that I was sitting in the powder-magazine with a naked light at the time, imagining the death of the King, wasting my medical stores, smoking tobacco and making a fraudulent return of the portable soup. What solemn nonsense it is' - laughing heartily - 'I am surprised so sensible a man as you should attribute any importance to the matter. | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| 50da935 | Oh for women at sea to obviate the eternal crosscat-harpings,' he said to himself, 'to do away with the grumlinfuttocks, and to inject a little civilization, even of an equivocal nature, even at the risk of moral deviation. | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| d352a09 | We understood one another better before ever I opened my mouth. | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| 705d5d1 | I say these damned things,' Jack went on, musing as they drank their bottle, 'and don't quite understand at the time, though I see people looking black as hell, and frowning, and my friends going "Pst, pst", and then I say to myself, "You're brought by the lee again, Jack." | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| f437280 | Yet so far his mind had produced little; it turned and turned, but the turning, though arduous, was sterile. Some great man had said, 'A thought is like a flash between two dark nights': at present Stephen's nights were running into one uninterrupted darkness, lit by no gleams at all. The coca-leaves he chewed had the property of doing away with hunger and fatigue, giving some degree of euphoria, and making one feel clever and even witty; h.. | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| cfb252a | Invincible ignorance could not be enlightened; and | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| 46f5ea6 | Hollom was going forward along the larboard gangway: Nagel, an able seamen but one of the most sullen, bloody-minded and argumentative of the Defenders, was coming aft on the same narrow passage. They were abreast of one another; and Nagel walked straight on without the slightest acknowledgement other than a look of elaborate unconcern. | aubreyad hollom master-and-commander nagel the-far-side-of-the-world | Patrick O'Brian | |
| 7956444 | Profane oaths, cursings and execrations (forbidden in any event by the second Article of War) were laid aside or modified, and it was pleasant to hear the bosun cry 'Oh you . . . unskilful fellow' when a hand called Faster Doudle, staring aft at Mrs Fielding, dropped a marline-spike from the maintop, very nearly transfixing Mr Hollar's foot. Punishment, in the sense of flogging at the gangway, was also laid aside; and though this was of no .. | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| 0acdb07 | but I confess that much as I love them, I could wish them both to the Devil, with their high-flown, egocentrical points of honour and their purblind spurring one another on to remarkable exploits that may very well end in unnecessary death. In their death, which is their concern: but also in mine, to say nothing of the rest of the ship's company. | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| 5cc0dab | The pleasant thing about fighting with the Spaniards, Mr Ellis,' said Jack, smiling at his great round eyes and solemn face, 'is not that they are shy, for they are not, but that they are never, never ready. | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| 9ef32ff | Then you must also spend the night. We are miles from an inn, and I can promise you that the sheets are fresh and clean." " | Karen Hawkins | ||
| 40b68f1 | I've never had a better piece o' roast. But it was the apple pie as made the meal. It was flaky and sweet, all buttery,with-" "Enough!" Dougal's stomach growled loudly. "The food I was given was not fit for consumption. Ride to town today, and fetch some foodstuffs. Some apples, tarts, a few meat pies-whatever will keep well." "Aye,me lord.Do ye want an apple now? I've one here I was saving fer yer horse." "Thank you." Dougal pocketed the a.. | Karen Hawkins | ||
| fbc0e15 | Money, or the lack of it, haunted him. Oh, not because he had so little. He was, in fact, very wealthy. It was the beggarliness of his companion that caused him the most pain. | Karen Hawkins | ||
| f7136f1 | Nonsense. One day, the right man will come along, and you'll change your mind." Harriet wasn't so sure. In all her twenty-four years, she'd never met a single man who had managed to make her feel anything more than acute irritation." | Karen Hawkins | ||
| c40bd8b | Such power, and carried with such careless grace. How that must burden him. | Karen Hawkins | ||
| 9177662 | It is surprising how many times a good feeling can be confused with a bad one. Often one is unsure which feeling it really is until much later. | Karen Hawkins | ||
| 7a4bc3e | Well, it is a good thing he died young. Most men don't have the good sense to know when to quit this earth. At least your husband didn't drag on and on like some do. | Karen Hawkins | ||
| 07c26ac | I don't need a hero. I was blessed with a large amount of common sense, which is of infinitely more use than a man. | women-and-men | Karen Hawkins | |
| 9504754 | The world has no boundaries for someone who savors success and is willing to work for it. | Karen Hawkins | ||
| 8cfe641 | Men are, if nothing else, predictable. Fortunately for us all, women are not. | karen-hawkins | Karen Hawkins | |
| d4c490f | Some women -- the good ones -- are like a breath of fresh air, amusing and different and invigorating. The trouble is that it is damnably difficult to capture air and hold it for any length of time. | Karen Hawkins | ||
| 6ec6218 | Women prefer to draw blood using words. It can cause just as much havoc, but it doesn't stain the carpet. | Karen Hawkins | ||
| a399985 | The bed was lumpy, the fire smoked so badly I was forced to extinguish it or die, then I froze to death the rest f the night because the blanket was so thin." "That's a shame. It was right comfortable in the tack room. I've a cot and a neat little pot-bellied stove." Dougal sent a thoughful look at the barn. "Can you put up another cot?" -- | Karen Hawkins | ||
| c6d1ceb | I wish I could tell you that I leapt to my feet anyway, snake be dammed. Or that I wrestled the snake and then fought my opponent. But I saw the icy cold disdain in the snake's eyes and did the only prudent thing I could - I froze in my place. After a long few moments, the grew bored and slithered away, as had my opponent. Yet I felt that I had won, for I lived to fight another day. | Karen Hawkins | ||
| 5880e8a | Angus, when you're done with the brick, I shall add some oiled rags. That will make it smoke even worse." Angus turned an admiring glance at his partner in crime. "Miss,ye've a gift fer this,ye do." She chuckled,the sound just as seductive, except for the hint of mockery. "I'm becoming as adept at this as the new owner is at shirking his duty." "Now,miss,he might have a good reason not to rush here." "Like what?" "I don't know.Perhaps he wo.. | Karen Hawkins | ||
| 4322eae | Frequently, things are seen as 'insurmountable' merely from a lack of know-how. | Karen Hawkins | ||
| 361a400 | But like all simple things, once you add the human element, all hell breaks loose. | Karen Hawkins | ||
| 7483d70 | Is she always like that?" "Like what?" Sara asked absently, staring a^ the letter in her hands. "Floating about as if she was a blasted fairy." | Karen Hawkins | ||
| 0f54efd | Still, it was up to her to lure her victim to the rocky shore of loss by appealing to his vanity and challenging his manly pride.She smiled at herself in the mirror. "It isn't perfect, but 'twill have to do." "Och,miss! Ye look as pretty as a princess." Mary opened the door and stood to one side. "Careful going down the stairs; yer pa pried up a board in the third step." "On the ? Someone could get injured." "So he's hopin'." Sophia frowne.. | Karen Hawkins | ||
| 34de2db | He moved to the faded red chair she'd indicated. As he lowered himself into it, there was a loud crack. One of the wooden legs snapped and broke, just as Sophia and Angus had planned when they'd sawed it half-through. A normal man would have been tossed to the floor, but with a little twist, MacLean shifted his weight forward and managed to remain upright, turning to regard the chair as it collapsed. Sophia swept to her feet. "Goodness! How.. | Karen Hawkins | ||
| b9b00b6 | I'm sorry your chair collapsed, but the furnishings are in as poor repair as the roof." He retrieved his abandoned glass of sherry. "I assume the rook leaks." "Only when it rains." His eyes warmed with laughter as he watched her over the rim of his glass. "I'm surprised you countenance this place." "I'm here for my father. Once he returns and you take the house, I will be on my way." "May I ask where?" "Italy,perhaps. Or France." She shrugg.. | Karen Hawkins |