Boat Quote by Tim Powers

“Another howl broke from the tent downstream, this one sounding more like pieces of metal being violined against each other than an issue from…

— Tim Powers

The seas and the weathers are what is; your vessels adapt to them or sink.

— Tim Powers

“The waitress's eyes were wide. "Beat you off?”

— Tim Powers

“Summer lightning made it seem that flickering white-hot wires were turning in the terribly blue sky just above the horizon, and the recent storms…

— Tim Powers

I've learned that having a lot of money is more fun than not having a lot of money, and that once you've got it,…

— Tim Powers

Certainly no valid answer is ever gained by excluding any factors of the problem; that was the Puritans' error.

— Tim Powers

The wages of courage is death, lad, but it's the wages of everything else, too.

— Tim Powers

“The poem was called “Goblin Market,” and the book whose proof pages were on the desk was titled Goblin Market and Other Poems. Christina”

— Tim Powers

“As soon as I get a ship that can take to the open seas, I'm going to find and rescue and - if there's…

— Tim Powers

“Blessed be the soul, and the Lord that keeps it in order; blessed be the day, and the Lord that drives it away.”

— Tim Powers

“Shandy looked ahead. Blackbeard, apparently willing to get the explanation later, had picked up his oars and was rowing again. 'May I presume to…

— Tim Powers

“Byron had drawn his pistol, and was looking closely at the leaves and dirt around him, as if he'd dropped something. "It's -- do…

— Tim Powers