Quote by Patrick O'Brian

“Both his voice and eyes had the burning cold of alcohol. His strength no longer lay in his military experience or his knowledge of…

— Vasily Grossman

“I must look for the Lord's reflection in the sea; otherwise all I see is water.”

— Matt Rogers

“The great difference between voyages rests not in ships, but in the people you meet on them.”

— Amelia Barr

“Unmatch'd at the bottle, unconquer'd in war, He drank his poor god-ship as deep as the sea; No tide of the Baltic e'er drunker…

— Robert Burns

“As he drank more and more, he became inebriated, and began to fashion damaged human beings.”

— Teju Cole

“The sea was the first thing he had found that was large enough to absorb his sorrow. After”

— Nina George

“He smelled the smells of commerce and listened to the cursing of the sailors, both of which he admired: the former, as it reeked…

— Roger Zelazny

“We held on to each other and looked out at the sea. It was impossibly large and full of beauty and danger in equal…

— Paula McLain

“He preached as if he had a flaming sword in his hand. Bats fell out of the rafters. The organ started up by itself.…

— Terry Pratchett

“For an hour, till greyness covered all, the water shone like milk and mother-of-pearl. The sea breathed quietly, like a sleeping dog.”

— J.A. Baker

“You are standing up on the seat of your swing and sailing higher than you really ought to, with that bold, planted stance of…

— Marilynne Robinson

“But the river, though it flowed so slowly, had still a sense of movement and it gave one a melancholy feeling of the transitoriness…

— W. Somerset Maugham