Spanish Quote by Iain Ballantyne

“He found himself in the strange predicament all sailors share: essentially he belonged neither to the land nor to the sea. Possibly a man…

— Yukio Mishima

“He also discovered that he was bitter and full of resentment, that he oozed resentment, and that he might easily kill someone, anyone, if…

— Roberto Bolaño

“There was widespread chagrin over not being able to buy Panamanian rum from the bumboats that swarmed both ends of the canal, but it…

— Jennifer Egan

“At the negotiations in Irvine, it became clear to me that there was no side I could stand on. The English despise me and…

— Robyn Young

“If England had not used the services of privateers and pirates during its long struggle with Spain, there is some likelihood that people today…

— Anonymous

“He disliked English, not because they had invaded his country, but because of the effort required to understand their different languages and customs. At…

— Leila Aboulela

“I asked him what he thought of the Great Lakes now. I'm surprised at how much seamanship is required to sail them. I always…

— Jerry Dennis

“Possibly a man who hates the land should dwell on shore forever. Alienation and the long voyages at sea will compel him once again…

— Yukio Mishima

The tempest was terrible and separated me from my [other] vessels that night, putting every one of them in desperate straits, with nothing to…

— Christopher Columbus

“His favorite saying was, 'Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum europe vincendarum." "'Sometimes I have the urge to conquer large parts of Europe'?" Boyd said,…

— Patricia Briggs

“Their talk, however, was the talk of sordid buccaneers: it was reckless without hardihood, greedy without audacity, and cruel without courage; there was not…

— Anonymous

“He asked nothing better than to kill an Englishman. He had accounts to settle with the bastards.”

— Ian Fleming