“Sailors tended to collect things on their travels. His bosun kept a small box stuffed with plant seeds from foreign ports, a whole future garden in potentia; his carpenter kept a bag of heathen votives and shrunken heads. Curiosities, both… — Donna Thorland Copy Share Image
“She promised you'd get to shore in one piece.' Cheap said, 'and I won't make a liar out of her. But if you know… — Donna Thorland Copy Share Image
“He was a canny old rascal. “I’m no pirate,” James said. “I have been in the navy since I was eleven.” “The way my daughter tells it, you hailed our late and not particularly lamented skipper, and threatened him with a broadside. When Molineaux did not heave to, you dismasted the Sally and boarded her. And it was the Wasp… — Donna Thorland Copy Share
“What was he like? Red Abed?” She was remarkable. Loyal and brave and beautiful as a ship under sail. We ran through moonlit gardens… — Donna Thorland Copy Share Image
“a flower that will always grow toward the sun.” “And what does that make me?” she asked sourly. “Heart of oak, my girl,” he… — Donna Thorland Copy Share Image
“Please do not mistake me for a twopenny villain. I do nothing without a purpose.” — Donna Thorland Copy Share Image
“...she forced herself to relax her shoulders and affect a tone of bored insouciance that the Widow would have approved, and said, "I shall… — Donna Thorland Copy Share Image
“Sparhawk’s reputation must have preceded him. The Massachusetts coast, as he was often reminded, was shaped like an ear. It heard everything.” — Donna Thorland Copy Share Image
“She's only a girl. What kind of men are you?' 'Dead ones?' asked Drith, who yanked the door open and put her sword through… — Donna Thorland Copy Share Image
“Women are shockingly unforgiving of one another, but Mercy will come around. She is not passionate herself, you see, so she does not understand… — Donna Thorland Copy Share Image
“If you have found a woman who can stir both body and spirit, sir, do not give her up lightly. Do not. The alternatives… — Donna Thorland Copy Share Image
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