Captain Quote by Tim Powers

“stopped rowing as the liquid run of that glad piping broke on him like a wave, caught him up, and possessed him utterly.”

— Kenneth Grahame

“We’ll fix it before then,” said Denny. “Don’t worry.” Mr. Jones didn’t look convinced. “If it wasn’t for this dumb leg,” he shouted, “I’d…

— Jackie French Koller

“They did go on so, don't you think, those Victorian poets, they took themselves so horribly seriously?' he said, pushing the lift button, summoning…

— A.S. Byatt

“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

“My mum’s uncle was a sailor,’ said Nobby. ‘But after the big plague he got press-ganged. Bunch of farmers got him drunk, he woke…

— Terry Pratchett

“I'll tell you what, you fellows," said the sprawling gentleman, confidentially, while Evan's agonized ears heard behind him the first paces of the pursuit,…

— G.K. Chesterton

“It was time for the tried and tested method of entry employed by the British redcoats. He lifted his leg, aiming the heel of…

— Paul Fraser Collard

“He managed the ten feet to the water a few inches at a time. He grabbed the gunnel amidships and lifted with his legs;…

— Antonio Dias

“Sir Piers spent the whole exercise shouting. I was convinced someone had told him the louder he yelled, the harder we'd try. It didn't…

— Rachel E. Carter

“The crows were looking very much the worse for wear. Their black suits were dusty and torn; the maid at the Pension Maria had…

— Eva Ibbotson

“Deciding that at the moment it behooved her to, as Wiry had put it, behave, Heather inclined her head, first to the woman alongside…

— Stephanie Laurens

“The jeers that had risen as Barak’s and Greldik’s ships had been manoeuvred onto their wheeled carriages turned rather quickly into angry mutterings as…

— David Eddings