Empty shell Quote by Douglas Mumphrey

“Ships at a distance have every man’s wish onboard.”

— Zora Neale Hurston

“Maybe we all need ships to hold our dreams, to be bigger and steadier than we ever could be, and to guard the mistery…

— Hilary T. Smith

“The men of my race arrive on wingless, eyeless ships.”

— Andre Malraux

“Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on…

— Zora Neale Hurston

“The strange thing about ships is despite them being crowded and stinky and at the mercy of Nature, most times they are like wooden…

— Louis Nowra

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“Never a ship sails out of bay but carries my heart as a stowaway.”

— Roselle Mercier Montgomery

“Man cannot spend all his time doing evil, and even in the company of pirates there must be some sweet moments on their sinister…

— Honoré de Balzac

“and everything generally made shipshape, which seemed a desirable state of affairs, given that we were in fact aboard a ship.”

— Diana Gabaldon

“My heart is hardy, for I have suffered much on the seas and the battlefield: this will be only something more. But a ravenous…

— W.H.D. Rouse

“no man who rises to command of a United States naval ship can possibly be a coward. And”

— Herman Wouk

“When you go into labor you see that you are not the captain of the ship. You are the ship. There is no captain.…

— Karen Maezen Miller