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> [Some of you...have never read a Patrick O'Brian novel. I beseech you to start now. Start with Master and Commander, which should be available in paperback from your nearest bookseller. And if he-or she-does not have a copy, then beat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-myers/some-of-you-have-never-read-a-patrick-o-brian-novel-i-beseech-you-to/)

[Kevin Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-myers/)

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> [ The same tantalizing guile and sublime skill…\[The series is\] reinforced in its claim to be one of the major literary works of this century…Only two other writers that this reviewer can think of have each created an entire, discrete and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-myers/the-same-tantalizing-guile-and-sublime-skill-the-series-is-reinforced/)

[Kevin Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-myers/)

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## Other authors on Brian

## More by Kevin Myers

> [Some of you...have never read a Patrick O'Brian novel. I beseech you to start now. Start with Master and Commander, which should be available…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-myers/some-of-you-have-never-read-a-patrick-o-brian-novel-i-beseech-you-to/)

[Kevin Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-myers/)

> [It seems that Canada's historic mission is to come to the selfless aid both of its friends and of complete strangers, and then, once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-myers/it-seems-that-canada-s-historic-mission-is-to-come-to-the-selfless/)

[Kevin Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-myers/)

> [Buildings are tools to reach people, raise disciples, reach students, train up our kids, heal marriages and families and worship God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-myers/buildings-are-tools-to-reach-people-raise-disciples-reach-students/)

[Kevin Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-myers/)

> [The divine harbinger of summer - warm rain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-myers/the-divine-harbinger-of-summer-warm-rain/)

[Kevin Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-myers/)

> [Ten thousand officers and men named Smith died in the First World War. One thousand four hundred Campbells died, six thousand Joneses, and one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-myers/ten-thousand-officers-and-men-named-smith-died-in-the-first-world-war/)

[Kevin Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-myers/)

> [You can KNOW something yet FAIL to do it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-myers/you-can-know-something-yet-fail-to-do-it/)

[Kevin Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-myers/)

> [The problem with popular thinking is that it doesn’t require you to think at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-myers/the-problem-with-popular-thinking-is-that-it-doesn-t-require-you-to/)

[Kevin Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-myers/)

> [When life is kicking others in the teeth, Become a dentist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-myers/when-life-is-kicking-others-in-the-teeth-become-a-dentist/)

[Kevin Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-myers/)

> [The International Brigade was not formed to protect freedom and democracy. It was founded as a tool of of the Comintern, to promote the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-myers/the-international-brigade-was-not-formed-to-protect-freedom-and/)

[Kevin Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-myers/)

> [We were all born with wings. In times of doubt: spread them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-myers/we-were-all-born-with-wings-in-times-of-doubt-spread-them/)

[Kevin Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-myers/)

> [Sure, there's no 'i' in team, but there is an 'm' and an 'e'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-myers/sure-there-s-no-i-in-team-but-there-is-an-m-and-an-e/)

[Kevin Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-myers/)

> [A decade or so ago, all over the world, cinemas underwent one of those prince-into-frog mutations, and became, instead popcorn-restaurants, which offered the option…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-myers/a-decade-or-so-ago-all-over-the-world-cinemas-underwent-one-of-those/)

[Kevin Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-myers/)

> [When the light has sharply faded And you have lost your way Let another's love guide you It can turn blackest night into day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-myers/when-the-light-has-sharply-faded-and-you-have-lost-your-way-let/)

[Kevin Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-myers/)

> [I'm not sure which I dislike more: 'Ulysses' or the James Joyce estate. Admittedly, a few people have got some pleasure from 'Ulysses', but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-myers/i-m-not-sure-which-i-dislike-more-ulysses-or-the-james-joyce-estate/)

[Kevin Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-myers/)

> [No longer will our penises remain flaccid and unused! From now on, we fight will for every man out there who isn't getting laid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-myers/no-longer-will-our-penises-remain-flaccid-and-unused-from-now-on-we/)

[Kevin Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-myers/)

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