“Hornblower worked as hard to conceal his human weaknesses as some men worked to conceal ignoble birth.” — C.S. Forester Copy Share Image
“The boarders cheered and followed him. “Boarders away!” shouted the petty officers, and everywhere the Marguerite’s men grabbed up weapons and came pouring over… — C.S. Forester Copy Share Image
“Hornblower bowed to Lady This and Lady That, to Lord Somebody and to Sir John Somebody-else. Bold eyes and bare arms, exquisite clothes and… — C.S. Forester Copy Share Image
“Bush put both arms round Hornblower’s shoulders and walked with dragging feet. It did not matter that his feet dragged and his legs would… — C.S. Forester Copy Share Image
“Bush could never understand Hornblower's disciplinary methods. He had been positively horrified when he had heard his captain's public admission that he too had… — C.S. Forester Copy Share Image
“The lucky man . . . is usually the man who knows how much to leave to chance.” — C.S. Forester Copy Share Image
“If one plan goes wrong there is need to make another, that is all. And, as for despair — there was no room for… — C.S. Forester Copy Share Image
“Though there are very serious disadvantages about being a true believer. Who would want four wives at any time, especially when one pays for… — C.S. Forester Copy Share Image
“...irresponsibility was something which, in the very nature of things, could not co-exist with independence.” — C.S. Forester Copy Share Image
