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“The Spanish fleet was beautiful and terrifying. The great battleships were clouds of sail scudding before the wind while their xebecs and frigates ran…

— M. Kei

(Mariners) have written one of its most brilliant chapters. They have delivered the goods when and where needed in every theater of operations and…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Ah! These commercial interests -- spoiling the finest life under the sun. Why must the sea be used for trade -- and for war…

— Joseph Conrad

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

— Diana Gabaldon

“No sooner were the ships unloaded, however, than sickness broke out among the crews. It quickly spread among the natives, who had come to…

— David E. Stannard

“The South Pacific was once the playground for ship-sick European sailors. Then it became the roistering barricade of the last great pirates. Next it…

— James A. Michener

“The eternal loves of the high seas ended when the port came in sight.”

— Gabriel García Márquez

“As boys going to sea immediately become nautical in speech, walk as if they already had their "sea legs" on, and shiver their timbers…

— Louisa May Alcott