“Aware that a man has no more chance with a woman, armed with the offensive and defensive weapons of tongue, tears, nails, and bamboo, than in a river with an alligator, I, for the first time in my life, acted… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
“He is smitten on the brain, -he reads and writes verses! I caught him in the act! Fools might say he was inspired; but… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
“At last, giving me the boat's sail for a bed, he stretched himself out on the jagged rocks, and slept soundly as the unsanctified… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
“Aware that a man has no more chance with a woman, armed with the offensive and defensive weapons of tongue, tears, nails, and bamboo,… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
“Those that come to see me, do me honour; and those that stay away, do me a favour.” — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
“In this hard struggle I had little refreshment but from the fountains of my own soul. Had I not clung to myself, the atrocity… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
“Women are like parasitical plants, casting their wild tendrils from one tree to another, till, swollen into tough cordage, they strangle those they embrace,… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
“A rusty bolt is the most difficult to withdraw; but once removed, though replaced, it will never hold securely.” — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
“Let me, however, although no verbal critic, protest against the profanation of the word friend. In this my history I must be honest, make… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
I am one whose faith is, that love and friendship, with ardent natures, are like those trees of the torrid zone which yield fruit… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
“Like a great fool, I went ashore with them, and they gave me some cursed stuff they called gin, - such blasphemy I never… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
In my youth I loved climbing and scrambling up rocks and mountains: now I seldom intrude on the dweller of a second story, and… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
