“But a wide sea voyage severs us at once. It makes us conscious of being cast loose from the secure anchorage of… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
“I’d say that of the two choices, Helen will be safest if she finds her own way back.” “A girl traveling alone… — Esther M. Friesner Copy Share Image
“The world we made together is gone now. Silk and cinnamon do not bring it back to me as clearly as the… — Susan Palwick Copy Share Image
“While he'd always wanted to be an adult, equal and independent, part of him had always dreaded growing up. To grow up… — H. M. Hoover Copy Share Image
In spite of the opinions of certain narrow-minded people, who would shut up the human race upon this globe, as within some… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
“And there was somewhere inside me the thought: By Jove! this is the deuce of an adventure - something you read about;… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise, you are doomed… — Sterling Hayden Copy Share Image
“Consider when, on a voyage, your ship is anchored; if you go on shore to get water you may along the way… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks. See the line from a sufficient distance, and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Round the world! There is much in that sound to inspire proud feelings; but whereto does all that circumnavigation conduct? Only through… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Why did the poor poet of Tennessee, upon suddenly receiving two handfuls of silver, deliberate whether to buy him a coat, which… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
