“I've come down from the mountains, with an ass-full of specimens...” — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“It was an operation that Dr. Maturin had carried out at sea before, always in the fullest possible light and therefore on… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either my country, right… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“If I were a woman I should march out with a flaming torch and a sword; I should emasculate right and left.” — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image