War Quote by Robert Burns

“And what if one of the gods does wreck me out on the wine-dark sea? I have a heart that is inured to suffering…

— Homer

“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

“ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS. One who from drunkenness   vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to   him. SEA PHRASE.”

— Francis Grose

“As I lowered my mouth to hers and tasted the bittersweet wine of eternity, I heard a hawk cry, far off over the never-ending…

— Karen Nilsen

“I am a solitary wave in the dark and desolate sea: and the sparkling glass I drank was drugged with misery.”

— Chamisso, Adelbert von

“And there he was, dead. He had finally succumbed to the exhaustion, no longer could he tread the waters of the sea inside him,…

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

“He reflected on his hitherto reflection that soldiers and sailors were, upon the whole, quite different creatures. ‘And perhaps they are, too: yet perhaps…

— Patrick O'Brian

“When he looked away from her, the bottles were gone and with them all the vertical and horizontal currents of water and brandy that…

— Dean Koontz

“...we went to watch the waves that bitter day and the wind took your red cap and mittens - blew them into the sea...”

— John Geddes

“I’m gross. Look at me – getting all sloppy in front of my mortal enemy. Unexecutable. Inexhaustible. Un…un…under the sea.”

— Sara Wolf

“He woke early the next morning. It was still cool, but he opened the window and, leaning on the ledge, looked down at the…

— Rupert Thomson

“We drank our whiskeys. It was the good stuff and it tasted of salt, sea, rain, wind and the Old Testament.”

— Adrian McKinty