“Never mind the disappointment. Salt water will wash it away. You will be amazed how unimportant it will seem in a week’s… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“The weather had freshened almost to coldness, for the wind was coming more easterly, from the chilly currents between Tristan and the… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“As it usually happened after an engagement, a heavy sadness was coming down over his spirits. To some degree it was the… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“All your sea-omens are of disaster; and of course, with man in his present unhappy state, huddled together in numbers far too… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
But the tale or narrative set in the past may have its particular time-free value; and the candid reader will not misunderstand… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
For a moment Jack felt the strongest inclination to snatch up his little gilt chair and beat the white-faced man down with… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“Oh, what is that bird?' 'It is a wheatear. We have seen between two and three hundred since we set out, and… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“If I no longer love Diana,’ he wrote, ‘what shall I do?’ What could he do, with his mainspring, his prime mover… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
When you're taking a fence on a horse, you don't think much; your body does all the thinking, and you're over or… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
In my case, I write in the past because I'm not really part of the present. I have nothing valid to say… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
The sensation of falling into the past is not unlike that of coming home for the holidays. — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“What I meant was that if he could induce others to believe what he said, then for him the statement acquired some… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“Stephen nodded. 'Tell me,' he said, in a low voice, some moments later. 'Were I under naval discipline, could that fellow have… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“Since then he has said nothing and although from time to time I have thrown out what I hope were delicate hints… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“Were you ever in Elsinore, Mr Jagiello?’ asked Jack. Oh, many a time, sir,’ said Jagiello. ‘I know it well. I believe… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
Go and see whether the Doctor is about,’ said Jack, ‘and if he is, ask him to look in, when he has… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
...looking angrily at the wombat: and a moment later, 'Come now, Stephen, this is coming it pretty high: your brute is eating… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“Christ's blood in heaven, you ignorant, incompetent whey-faced nestlecock, do you think I am a hired spy, an informer? That I have a master,… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“To tell the truth, sir, I believe I had rather sit in the shelter for a while. The cabbage seems to have turned my… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“Never mind the disappointment. Salt water will wash it away. You will be amazed how unimportant it will seem in a week’s time –… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“The weather had freshened almost to coldness, for the wind was coming more easterly, from the chilly currents between Tristan and the Cape; the… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“Of course I do know it is the French who are so wicked; but there are all these people who keep coming and going… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
My wife and I have spent most of our lives in France, and we are both pretty well bilingual, my wife more purely than… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“This short watch that is about to come, or rather these two short watches--why are they called dog watches? Where, heu, heu, is the… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
The function of the novel is the exploration of the human condition. Really, that's what it's all about. — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
It is a great while since I felt the grind of bone under my saw,' he added, smiling with anticipation. — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“But I will tell you another misery that is not to be denied. In the common, natural course of events physicians, surgeons and apothecaries… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“Yet,'said Maturin, pursuing his own thought, 'there is a quality in dogs, I must confess, rarely to be seen elsewhere and that is affection:… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
