“Aware that a man has no more chance with a woman, armed with the offensive and defensive weapons of tongue, tears, nails, and bamboo, than in a river with an alligator, I, for the first time in my life, acted… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
“Women are like parasitical plants, casting their wild tendrils from one tree to another, till, swollen into tough cordage, they strangle those they embrace, and luxuriate in their decay.” — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
“He is smitten on the brain, -he reads and writes verses! I caught him in the act! Fools might say he was inspired; but… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
“At last, giving me the boat's sail for a bed, he stretched himself out on the jagged rocks, and slept soundly as the unsanctified… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
“Aware that a man has no more chance with a woman, armed with the offensive and defensive weapons of tongue, tears, nails, and bamboo,… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
“Those that come to see me, do me honour; and those that stay away, do me a favour.” — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
“In this hard struggle I had little refreshment but from the fountains of my own soul. Had I not clung to myself, the atrocity… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
“Women are like parasitical plants, casting their wild tendrils from one tree to another, till, swollen into tough cordage, they strangle those they embrace,… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
“A rusty bolt is the most difficult to withdraw; but once removed, though replaced, it will never hold securely.” — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
“Let me, however, although no verbal critic, protest against the profanation of the word friend. In this my history I must be honest, make… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
I am one whose faith is, that love and friendship, with ardent natures, are like those trees of the torrid zone which yield fruit… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
“Like a great fool, I went ashore with them, and they gave me some cursed stuff they called gin, - such blasphemy I never… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
In my youth I loved climbing and scrambling up rocks and mountains: now I seldom intrude on the dweller of a second story, and… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
