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title: "2 Grab Quotes By Arthur Ransome"
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> [Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for what might have been](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-ransome/grab-a-chance-and-you-won-t-be-sorry-for-what-might-have-been/)

[Arthur Ransome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-ransome/)

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> [Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-ransome/grab-a-chance-and-you-won-t-be-sorry-for-a-might-have-been/)

[Arthur Ransome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-ransome/)

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## More by Arthur Ransome

> [You write not for children but for yourself. And if by good fortune children enjoy what you enjoy, why then you are a writer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-ransome/you-write-not-for-children-but-for-yourself-and-if-by-good-fortune/)

[Arthur Ransome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-ransome/)

> [Fishing is not like billiards, in which it is possible to attain a disgusting perfection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-ransome/fishing-is-not-like-billiards-in-which-it-is-possible-to-attain-a/)

[Arthur Ransome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-ransome/)

> [“Only, the beastly Arctic won't freeze,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-ransome/only-the-beastly-arctic-won-t-freeze/)

[Arthur Ransome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-ransome/)

> [When a thing's done, it's done, and if it's not done right, do it differently next time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-ransome/when-a-thing-s-done-it-s-done-and-if-it-s-not-done-right-do-it/)

[Arthur Ransome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-ransome/)

> [Fishing books , lit by emotion recollected in tranquility, are like poetry. .. . We do not think of them as books but as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-ransome/fishing-books-lit-by-emotion-recollected-in-tranquility-are-like/)

[Arthur Ransome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-ransome/)

> [“Better drowned than duffers, if not duffers won't drown.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-ransome/better-drowned-than-duffers-if-not-duffers-won-t-drown/)

[Arthur Ransome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-ransome/)

> [Good fishermen know that in talking about fishing, nothing is more interesting than the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-ransome/good-fishermen-know-that-in-talking-about-fishing-nothing-is-more/)

[Arthur Ransome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-ransome/)

> [“They found, like many explorers before them, that somehow, in their absence, they had got into trouble at home.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-ransome/they-found-like-many-explorers-before-them-that-somehow-in-their/)

[Arthur Ransome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-ransome/)

> [“The island had come to seem one of those places seen from the train that belong to a life in which we shall never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-ransome/the-island-had-come-to-seem-one-of-those-places-seen-from-the-train/)

[Arthur Ransome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-ransome/)

> [For at least the last 275 years the honesty of fishermen has been somewhat questionable. It should be noted that Izaak Walton whose book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-ransome/for-at-least-the-last-275-years-the-honesty-of-fishermen-has-been/)

[Arthur Ransome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-ransome/)

> [“Who would wave a flag to be rescued if they had a desert island of their own? That was the thing that spoilt Robinson…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-ransome/who-would-wave-a-flag-to-be-rescued-if-they-had-a-desert-island-of/)

[Arthur Ransome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-ransome/)

> [Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for what might have been](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-ransome/grab-a-chance-and-you-won-t-be-sorry-for-what-might-have-been/)

[Arthur Ransome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-ransome/)

> [“The storm came pretty soon," said John. "They won't have got much further before it caught them. We may find them any minute. They'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-ransome/the-storm-came-pretty-soon-said-john-they-won-t-have-got-much-further/)

[Arthur Ransome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-ransome/)

> [“P...U...D...D...I...N...G" "Pudding," said Roger. "They've kept some for us." "She hasn't finished the word," said Dick. Titty was reading steadily on. "H...E...A...D...S...End of word”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-ransome/p-u-d-d-i-n-g-pudding-said-roger-they-ve-kept-some-for-us-she-hasn-t/)

[Arthur Ransome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-ransome/)

> [Swallows and Amazons for-ever!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-ransome/swallows-and-amazons-for-ever/)

[Arthur Ransome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-ransome/)

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