101 Quotes by John Masefield

The distant soul can shake the distant friend's soul and make the longing felt, over untold miles.

Christmas ought to be brought up to date,” Maria said. “It ought to have gangsters, and aeroplanes and a lot of automatic pistols.

I must go down to the sea...to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by......

But Time and Tide and Buttered Eggs wait for no man.

Only the road and the dawn, the sun, the wind, and the rain,And the watch fire under stars, and sleep, and the road again.

I must go down to the sea again, for the call of the running tide, is a wild call and a clear call, that cannot be denied!

I have seen flowers come in stony placesAnd kind things done by men with ugly faces,And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races,So I trust, too.

The wolves are running.

One road leads to London, / One road runs to Wales, / My road leads me seawards / To the white dipping sails.