Pirate Quotes
191 Pirate quotes by 148 unique authors
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Clare seems so pleased with the idea of me as a pirate that she forgets that I am Stranger Danger.
— Audrey Niffenegger
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... I tried to end our little duel. I called out pacifying words; I entreated; I finally surrendered. Still Clyde came, my pirate costume so…
— John Kennedy Toole
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I still don’t believe it. It’s not in him. Yeah, and you are delusional. Babe, news flash, with the exception of you and the pirate,…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided…
— Terry Pratchett
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. . . Jess believed, that she thought he was the best. It was not the kind of best that counted either at school or…
— Katherine Paterson
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I swear on St. Francis, the patron saint of all animals.” Seeing Poppy’s hesitation, Beatrix added enthusiastically, “If a band of pirates kidnapped me and…
— Lisa Kleypas
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It has been said that the hardest job in the world is raising a child, but the people who says this have probably never worked…
— Daniel Handler
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Writers are there to write, not experience things. If you want to experience things, become a pirate or a Bookhunter. If you want to write,…
— Walter Moers
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Blackmailers never explain their thinking. They're like pirates that way. Dark-hearted, dangerous--- and cool like Johnny Depp.
— Janette Rallison
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Bunkum and tummyrot! You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that. Would Columbus have discovered America if he'd said 'What if I…
— Roald Dahl
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Stache’s attack was perfectly timed, thanks to his veteran-pirate grasp tactics—and a big piece if luck.
— Dave Barry
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She always did like tales of adventure-stories full of brightness and darkness. She could tell you the names of all King Arthur's knights, and she…
— Cornelia Funke
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It was like walking into a treasure trove of books, hoarded by pirate librarians.
— Pseudonymous Bosch
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The library was home away from home to my mom, and my family. We had spent every Sunday afternoon there since I was a little…
— Kami Garcia
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He'd always known that the world was an interesting place, and his imagination had peopled it with pirates and bandits and spies and astronauts and…
— Terry Pratchett
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Please, I begged silently, please do not let my last moments on earth be me crammed into a tiny boat in the dark, surrounded by…
— James Patterson
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Gintoki: Listen, I don’t care what you guys do around the universe. This is my sword, and anywhere it can reach is my country! Bastards…
— Hideaki Sorachi
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First, she wanted to taste the sweat that shone on his throat and fragile clavicle; then he chose to undo the tails of her shirt,…
— John Crowley
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We can't just act without thinking anymore, Tris. They've been trying to teach as that all along. I guess if we're mages, we can't exactly…
— Tamora Pierce
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The United States of America was a pirate nation for the first one hundred years of its existence, ripping off the patents and trademarks of…
— Cory Doctorow
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When I was a small boy, old people used to squat down to my eye level and ask me what I wanted to be when…
— Adam Young
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Gundar isn't so much a ship's captain as a reformed pirate and a heathen." [Evanlyn] looked apologetically at Gundar. "No offense, Gundar." The skirl shrugged…
— John Flanagan
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This is going to make such a great story: How I nursed a pirate back to health and my love saved him," Miss Ohio said…
— Libba Bray
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Yeah? Can you draw a skeleton riding a motorcycle with flames coming out of it? And I want a pirate hat on the skeleton. And…
— Richelle Mead
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He was breathing, which is always a good sign. As gently as I could I picked him up, placed him on the towel, wrapped it…
— Josh Lanyon
Who Wrote These Pirate Quotes
148 authors contributed a total of 191 Pirate Quotes, led by these top contributors: