Quote by Julian Stockwin

“If the privateer you've hired is entirely trustworthy, he's probably not much of a privateer.”

— Leigh Bardugo

O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done, / The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won

— Walt Whitman

“Some of the smugglers' vessels are former pleasure yachts, hijacked - and never renamed - out of some overdeveloped sense of irony or possibly...sheer…

— Ann Aguirre

“Well what would you expect?" she sputtered. "They can call themselves privateers, but we all know they're just pirates with papers.”

— Jason Fry

“I bow to the Captain—I think a curtsy would be a bit out of place here—and recite, in French, the little speech I had…

— L.A. Meyer

I think experience has shown that privateers have done more toward distressing the trade of our enemies, and furnishing these States with necessaries, than…

— William Whipple

“To be truly challenging, a voyage,like a life,must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise you are doomed to a routine traverse.”

— Sterling Hayden

“You’re mad,” I said. “You know what he can do. No prize is worth that.” Sturmhond grinned. “That remains to be seen.” “The Darkling…

— Leigh Bardugo

“The captain of this sailing vessel has requested a private audience with you in his quarters. It seems you’ve a treasure map hidden on…

— Olivia Parker

“like a pirate, despite being swayed by the wind and waves but still goes to the treasure place to reach his goal.”

— Muhammad Difagama I

“And then he leaves us to our own devices beside a store of gunpowder and flint and a cannon, thereby solidifying our captors’ reputation…

— Mackenzi Lee

“The man who ten years earlier and one year later was considered a bandit and outlaw is sent a two-day sail from France, to…

— Leo Tolstoy