“It’s not really my fault. The problem is that my mouth just comes out with these things. And you can’t blame me for what my mouth does, can you? Curse this mouth. Do you think it might be possessed?' The… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“Babbage's Three Laws of Difference Engines First Law: A difference engine must have at least six cogs. Second Law: A difference engine must be… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
Here's your first problem," he said, pointing at a sentence. "'Religion is the opium of the people.' Well, I don't know about people, but… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“There was soot and orphans everywhere, and gaslit cobbled streets full of fog and sinister gentlemen out for a night of illicit murder. It… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“The Captain’s boat inspections were always pretty slapdash, because they mainly just involved him looking at the ropes and planks and barnacles and then… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
You don't know what it is to live and laugh and love and run a man through! You've never tasted salty air on your… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
This is what I like about life at sea. It’s one long voyage of discovery. Solid water! What will they think of next? Hopefully… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“I should say we’d reach England by Tuesday or thereabouts, with a decent wind behind us. It would be a lot quicker than that… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“Just then there came the wheezy sound of an accordion. It was an odd little tune that, had he been alive exactly one hundred… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
That explains a lot,' he said. 'I suppose it's also why we've never glimpsed that giant compass in the corner of the Atlantic. I… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“In his time the Pirate Captain had made a number of dramatic entrances of his own – not always intentional it had to be… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“It was about as close as you could get to the platonic ideal of a ham, if Plato had spent more time discussing hams… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
