Aubrey-maturin Quote by Patrick O'Brian

“Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate: ‘To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can…

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

“Seeking more information, I walked through the market listening to the gossip and discovered that our new general, the man sent to quell the…

— M.C. Scott

“It had not been a very cheerful journey, not the least for the western excursion into Outlander territory, where a stubborn and pompous old…

— Robin McKinley

“The ship drew on and had safely passed the strait, which some volcanic shock has made between the Calasareigne and Jaros islands; had doubled…

— Alexandre Dumas

“His three boats stove around him, and oars and men both whirling in the eddies; one captain, seizing the line-knife from his broken prow,…

— Herman Melville

“But at the corner I stopped to take my last look at the crew of the Narcissus. They were swaying irresolute and noisy on…

— Joseph Conrad

“I used to draw a comparison between him, and Hindley Earnshaw, and perplex myself to explain satisfactorily, why their conduct was so opposite in…

— Emily Brontë

“…you don’t reach Serendib by plotting a course for it. You have to set out in good faith for elsewhere and lose your bearings…

— John Barth

“The other man stood his ground, with an arrogant, insolent stance. Although it was hard to believe, clearly the idiot didn’t have a clue…

— Thea Harrison

“Arkardy went on,with the air of a man who has got into a bog,feels that he is sinking further and further in every step,…

— Ivan Turgenev

“They had engaged in what could not be called treatment or even discussion, but open combat, the two of them a microcosm of the…

— Kathy Hepinstall

“I drove home, selected and marked my first series of readings, and drove back to Montagu Square, with a dozen works in a carpet-bag,…

— Wilkie Collins