--- title: "15 Aboard Ship Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 15 Aboard Ship quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Aboard Ship sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/don-delillo-294_arrest_he-s-under-house-arrest-aboard-the-ship_2534252.jpg" --- > [“He’s under house arrest aboard the ship.” “On what charge?” “Heinousness,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-delillo/he-s-under-house-arrest-aboard-the-ship-on-what-charge-heinousness/) [Don DeLillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-delillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/don-delillo-294_arrest_he-s-under-house-arrest-aboard-the-ship_2534252.jpg) > [It's awful bad luck to bring a woman aboard the ship." "It's awful worse luck not to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-depp/it-s-awful-bad-luck-to-bring-a-woman-aboard-the-ship-it-s-awful-worse/) [Johnny Depp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-depp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/johnny-depp-658_awful_it-s-awful-bad-luck-to-bring-a-woman-abo_3063261.jpg) > [“Every Captain is a king aboard his own ship.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/every-captain-is-a-king-aboard-his-own-ship/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/george-r-r-martin-48_aboard_every-captain-is-a-king-aboard-his-own-s_1110592.png) > [The past and the present existed simultaneously aboard a ship](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-lopez/the-past-and-the-present-existed-simultaneously-aboard-a-ship/) [Dan Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-lopez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/dan-lopez-64775_time_the-past-and-the-present-existed-simulta_1226152.jpg) > [You don't do anything to further your stay aboard a ship that you see is going to go down to the bottom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/you-don-t-do-anything-to-further-your-stay-aboard-a-ship-that-you-see/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/536/malcolm-x-213_bottom_you-don-t-do-anything-to-further-your-st_2205103.jpg) > [“and everything generally made shipshape, which seemed a desirable state of affairs, given that we were in fact aboard a ship.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/and-everything-generally-made-shipshape-which-seemed-a-desirable/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b4/diana-gabaldon-185_aboard_and-everything-generally-made-shipshape_2607369.jpg) > [“look as if they had been plucked from the Palace of Versailles or a Jacobean mansion—that you were aboard a ship being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-larson/look-as-if-they-had-been-plucked-from-the-palace-of-versailles-or-a/) [Erik Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-larson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/erik-larson-1710_ocean_look-as-if-they-had-been-plucked-from-th_13284.jpg) > [“How perfect to be aboard a ship with maybe a hundred years still in my pocket. But it's late, for all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-oliver/how-perfect-to-be-aboard-a-ship-with-maybe-a-hundred-years-still-in/) [Mary Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c9/mary-oliver-570_time_how-perfect-to-be-aboard-a-ship-with-may_335117.jpg) > [“Pippin?" "Yes, Dash?" "How did we get here?" "Aboard this ship?" she teased. "Nate ordered the sails raised and then --" "Very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-boyle/pippin-yes-dash-how-did-we-get-here-aboard-this-ship-she-teased-nate/) [Elizabeth Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20f/elizabeth-boyle-23267_like-stars_pippin-yes-dash-how-did-we-get-here-aboa_2948712.jpg) > [“You sneaked into my cabin?” Annabeth rolled her eyes. “Percy, you’ll be seventeen in two months. You can’t seriously be worried about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/you-sneaked-into-my-cabin-annabeth-rolled-her-eyes-percy-you-ll-be/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28c/rick-riordan-27_annabeth-chase_you-sneaked-into-my-cabin-annabeth-rolle_276344.jpg) > [“No one had asked about his life, the years aboard ship. As a child she had been fascinated by the way he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakambini-a-sitoy/no-one-had-asked-about-his-life-the-years-aboard-ship-as-a-child-she/) [Lakambini A. Sitoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakambini-a-sitoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/lakambini-a-sitoy-46563_life_no-one-had-asked-about-his-life-the-year_2672883.jpg) > [“Some women, Commander Norton had decided long ago, should not be allowed aboard ship; weightlessness did things to their breasts that were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-c-clarke/some-women-commander-norton-had-decided-long-ago-should-not-be-2/) [Arthur C. Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-c-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ead/arthur-c-clarke-640_long-ago_some-women-commander-norton-had-decided_2215126.jpg) > [“Gray burst into the galley. “Miss Turner is not eating.” The cramped, boxed-in nature of the space, the oppressive heat-it seemed an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tessa-dare/gray-burst-into-the-galley-miss-turner-is-not-eating-the-cramped/) [Tessa Dare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tessa-dare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/950/tessa-dare-564_beautiful-lady_gray-burst-into-the-galley-miss-turner-i_2478046.jpg) > [“When I told my parents that I was going to sea, they didn’t ask any questions and seemed to take it all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-seawater-one/when-i-told-my-parents-that-i-was-going-to-sea-they-didn-t-ask-any/) [Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-seawater-one/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/161/captain-hank-bracker-seawater_dining-room_when-i-told-my-parents-that-i-was-going_490696.jpg) > [“Coming aboard the ship was like coming home. It didn’t take long for me to get changed into my khaki uniform and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-seawater-one/coming-aboard-the-ship-was-like-coming-home-it-didn-t-take-long-for/) [Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-seawater-one/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a80/captain-hank-bracker-seawater_coming-home_coming-aboard-the-ship-was-like-coming-h_955350.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aboard-ship/#itemlist", "name": "Aboard Ship Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He’s under house arrest aboard the ship.” “On what charge?” “Heinousness,”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Don DeLillo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-delillo/he-s-under-house-arrest-aboard-the-ship-on-what-charge-heinousness/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/don-delillo-294_arrest_he-s-under-house-arrest-aboard-the-ship_2534252.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/don-delillo-294_arrest_he-s-under-house-arrest-aboard-the-ship_2534252.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/don-delillo-294_arrest_he-s-under-house-arrest-aboard-the-ship_2534252.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He’s under house arrest aboard the ship.” “On what charge?” “Heinousness,” — Don DeLillo", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's awful bad luck to bring a woman aboard the ship.\" \"It's awful worse luck not to.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Johnny Depp" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-depp/it-s-awful-bad-luck-to-bring-a-woman-aboard-the-ship-it-s-awful-worse/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/johnny-depp-658_awful_it-s-awful-bad-luck-to-bring-a-woman-abo_3063261.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/johnny-depp-658_awful_it-s-awful-bad-luck-to-bring-a-woman-abo_3063261.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/johnny-depp-658_awful_it-s-awful-bad-luck-to-bring-a-woman-abo_3063261.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's awful bad luck to bring a woman aboard the ship.\" \"It's awful worse luck not to.” — Johnny Depp", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Every Captain is a king aboard his own ship.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George R.R. 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To this place.\" \"Oh, this place,\" she said, her face growing solemn. \"I've wondered that as well, and all I can think of is that we are like our stars.\" \"How so?\" \"You and I are the two outer stars, and the one between us is everything that keeps us apart.\" He set his lips together and gazed out at the waves. \"Like this ocean,\" he offered.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elizabeth Boyle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-boyle/pippin-yes-dash-how-did-we-get-here-aboard-this-ship-she-teased-nate/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20f/elizabeth-boyle-23267_like-stars_pippin-yes-dash-how-did-we-get-here-aboa_2948712.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20f/elizabeth-boyle-23267_like-stars_pippin-yes-dash-how-did-we-get-here-aboa_2948712.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20f/elizabeth-boyle-23267_like-stars_pippin-yes-dash-how-did-we-get-here-aboa_2948712.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Pippin?\" \"Yes, Dash?\" \"How did we get here?\" \"Aboard this ship?\" she teased. \"Nate ordered the sails raised…” — Elizabeth Boyle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You sneaked into my cabin?” Annabeth rolled her eyes. “Percy, you’ll be seventeen in two months. 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The neckline of her bodice is too loose.” Gabriel stopped pounding and looked up, meeting Gray’s eyes for the first time since he’d entered the galley. The mocking arch of the old man’s eyebrows had Gray clenching his teeth. They stared at each other for a second. Then Gray blew out his breath and looked away, and Gabriel broke into peals of laughter. “Never thought I’d live to see the day,” the old cook finally said, “when you would complain that a beautiful lady’s bodice was too loose.” “It’s not that she’s a beautiful lady-“ Gabriel looked up sharply. “It’s not merely that she’s a beautiful lady,” Gray amended. “She’s a passenger, and I have a duty to look out for her welfare.” “Wouldn’t that be the captain’s duty?” Gray narrowed his eyes. “And I know my duty well enough,” Gabriel continued. “It’s not as though I’m denying her food, now is it? I’m thinking Miss Turner just isn’t accustomed to the rough living aboard a ship. Used to finer fare, that one.” Gray scowled at the hunk of cured pork under Gabriel’s mallet and the shriveled, sprouted potatoes rolling back and forth with each tilt of the ship. “Is this the noon meal?” “This, and biscuit.” “I’ll order the men to trawl for a fish.” “Wouldn’t that be the captain’s duty?” Gabriel’s tone was sly. Gray wasn’t sure whether the plume of steam swirling through the galley originated for the stove or his ears. He didn’t care for Gabriel’s flippant tone. Neither did he care for the possibility of Miss Turner’s lush curves disappearing when he’d never had any chance to appreciate them. Frustrated beyond all reason, Gray turned to leave, wrenching open the galley door with such force, the hinges creaked in protest. He took a deep breath to compose himself, resolving not to slam the door shut behind him. Gabriel stopped pounding. “Sit down, Gray. Rest your bones.” With another rough sigh, Gray complied. 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For me, it was my first seagoing adventure! Being the youngest and newest crewmember on the ship earned me a bunk four tiers up against the bulkhead, next to the chain locker. You couldn’t get any farther forward, which made me feel that I would be the first to get to where the ship was going. 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