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> [“West was the only officer on the quarterdeck, and it so happened that the party of hands making dolphins and paunch-mats on the forecastle were all Shelmerstonians. West was gaping rather vacantly over the taffrail when he saw an extraordinarily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/west-was-the-only-officer-on-the-quarterdeck-and-it-so-happened-that/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

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## More by Patrick O'Brian

> [“Christ's blood in heaven, you ignorant, incompetent whey-faced nestlecock, do you think I am a hired spy, an informer? That I have a master,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/christ-s-blood-in-heaven-you-ignorant-incompetent-whey-faced/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

> [“To tell the truth, sir, I believe I had rather sit in the shelter for a while. The cabbage seems to have turned my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/to-tell-the-truth-sir-i-believe-i-had-rather-sit-in-the-shelter-for-a/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

> [“Never mind the disappointment. Salt water will wash it away. You will be amazed how unimportant it will seem in a week’s time –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/never-mind-the-disappointment-salt-water-will-wash-it-away-you-will/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

> [“The weather had freshened almost to coldness, for the wind was coming more easterly, from the chilly currents between Tristan and the Cape; the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/the-weather-had-freshened-almost-to-coldness-for-the-wind-was-coming/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

> [“Of course I do know it is the French who are so wicked; but there are all these people who keep coming and going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/of-course-i-do-know-it-is-the-french-who-are-so-wicked-but-there-are/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

> [My wife and I have spent most of our lives in France, and we are both pretty well bilingual, my wife more purely than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/my-wife-and-i-have-spent-most-of-our-lives-in-france-and-we-are-both/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

> [“This short watch that is about to come, or rather these two short watches--why are they called dog watches? Where, heu, heu, is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/this-short-watch-that-is-about-to-come-or-rather-these-two-short/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

> [The function of the novel is the exploration of the human condition. Really, that's what it's all about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/the-function-of-the-novel-is-the-exploration-of-the-human-condition/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

> [It is a great while since I felt the grind of bone under my saw,' he added, smiling with anticipation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/it-is-a-great-while-since-i-felt-the-grind-of-bone-under-my-saw-he/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

> [Other people's marriages are a perpetual source of amazement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/other-people-s-marriages-are-a-perpetual-source-of-amazement/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

> [“But I will tell you another misery that is not to be denied. In the common, natural course of events physicians, surgeons and apothecaries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/but-i-will-tell-you-another-misery-that-is-not-to-be-denied-in-the/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

> [“Yet,'said Maturin, pursuing his own thought, 'there is a quality in dogs, I must confess, rarely to be seen elsewhere and that is affection:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/yet-said-maturin-pursuing-his-own-thought-there-is-a-quality-in-dogs/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

> [“Physically he was tired and his body relaxed throughout its entire length; his mind was in much the same state, floating free, detached, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/physically-he-was-tired-and-his-body-relaxed-throughout-its-entire/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

> [“It was quite unlike their friendly discourse of some days before, and presently Stephen grew sadly bored: lies or half-lies, he reflected, had a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/it-was-quite-unlike-their-friendly-discourse-of-some-days-before-and/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

> [“it would be the Devil to pay and no pitch hot”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/it-would-be-the-devil-to-pay-and-no-pitch-hot/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

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