Quote by Terry Pratchett

“Jack was already mother-naked when he heard the cry and saw the splash. He slipped from the gunwale into the clear water, made out…

— Patrick O'Brian

“When a sailor’s drowned body was found tangled in lines over the port side, the men agreed he must have fallen overboard in the…

— Marcus Sakey

“Boys, men, old toothless women had run along beside the car when the train was again in motion, calling, offering bananas, guavas, mangoes, paper…

— Leonard Gardner

“Stowing the body on the roof of the cabin so that the dogs could not get at it, we entered and held a council…

— Charles Dickens

“He leant back to stare heavenwards, gently fingering the swollen skin around his black eye. But the river stank. Reduced by the heat like…

— Jim Kelly

“...My friend Bo had just finished skinny-dipping when one of those bastards came trotting out of the woods and bit his dick clean off.”…

— Nick Wilgus

“Angus was courting me with lines that stabbed deep in lonely, barren places. Like an unfair conqueror, he was delivering his words with an…

— Cheryl R Cowtan

“Wetting her throat, she managed to say, "Did you bring protection?" Sailor froze. A second later, he groaned and dropped his head. "I hate…

— Nalini Singh

“Ye are a scoundrel, a black-hearted robber and a rogue,' Stubble said cheerily to the grumbling captain. It was his usual way of haggling,…

— Ian Livingstone

“the soles off your shoes!' Then he took out a sack of pearls which lay in the rushes, and without another word he dragged…

— Jacob Grimm

“We stepped carefully, so softly, over thorny plants. The dust had turned to mud, splattering our shoes, socks, and legs. By the time we…

— Mia Kirshner

“The captain scowled at her. Then he threw Petey to the floor with a coarse oath, knocking the scrimshaw and the carving knife from…

— Sabrina Jeffries