Travel Quote by Truman Capote

“I felt infuriatingly left out -- a tugboat in drydock while she, glittery voyager of secure destination, steamed down the harbor with whistles whistling…

— Truman Capote

“as we watched seaward-moving ships pass between the cliffs of burning skyline, she said: 'years from now, years and years, one of those ships…

— Truman Capote

“There, in the shimmering distance, was a sail. I stared in momentary disbelief, but there it was, one of the most beautiful sights the…

— Tom Neale

“And isn’t silence, in its way, a good sign? That everything is well, that the ship is still steaming safely away from shore?”

— Justin Cronin

“Their ships were steeds, and they rode the waves like jennets.”

— Felipe Fernández-Armesto

“I'm the lonely voyager standing on deck, and she's the sea.”

— Haruki Murakami

“She could hear again the ripple of water, the flapping sail. She could see the glint of the moon upon the bay, and could…

— Kate Chopin

“Only one ship is seeking us, a black- Sailed unfamiliar, towing at her back A huge and birdless silence. In her wake No waters…

— Philip Larkin

“When the ferry groaned and lurched away, leaving behind a trail of churned-up water. I thought Madaline would stand at the stern and wave…

— Khaled Hosseini

“And so when               the sailors               hear the shore’s yawn And see the               lighthouse wick               upon the sea They’ll know              …

— Kenyatta Jean-Paul Garcia

“I went back to my cabin and lay down on my berth. Everything trembled as if it had a spring at its very center.…

— Jamaica Kincaid

“Though the harbor is safe, ships were made to sail the sea. The same can be said for you and me.”

— Julie-Anne