Whale Quote by Karen Joy Fowler

Apparently their numerous tattoos gave them protection against the cold as they had no coats.

— Kim Harrison

“However, twelve former Sea Org members told me that Miscavige had assaulted them; twenty-one have told me or testified in court that they have…

— Lawrence Wright

“The event caused a certain amount of ribaldry and a fair number of sentences depriving men of their grog for playing the God-damned fool,…

— Patrick O'Brian

It ought to be a criminal offence for women to dye their hair. Especially red. What the devil do women do that sort of…

— Anonymous

“The Scholar was among a shipload of replacements who had just arrived. They were being marched to their new units as my boat pulled…

— Robert Leckie

“They then said they would give me pork and lasses; and then inquired what execution some cannon had done, just before fired from the…

— Joseph Plumb Martin

“I made friends with three country Marines and a navy medic who provide security for the base—and who, in the course of their duties,…

— Kevin Sites

“Collars, trench coats or jackboots – uniforms allow us to exercise our cruelty without ever feeling guilt.”

— John Boyne

For the mission's sake, our country's sake, and the sake of the men who carried the Division's colors in the past battles - who…

— James Mattis

Poor dull Concord. Nothing colorful has come through here since the Redcoats.

— Louisa May Alcott

“The Dover mail was in its usual genial position that the guard suspected the passengers, the passengers suspected one another and the guard, they…

— Charles Dickens

SEALs aren't the only heroes out there. Everyone who puts on a uniform meets that threshold.

— William H. McRaven