47 Quotes by Robert Kurson

Even their downtime was epic.

It wasn't who a person believed himself to be or what he pretended he would do in a given situation. It was what he did when he got there that defined him.

Stories were heirlooms in these parts.

The feeling of a place was the best reason to go.

Reputation became the pirates' sharpest sword.

Life is a matter of luck, and the odds in favor of success are in no way enhanced by extreme caution.— WWII German U-Boat Commander Eric Topp

It was too late for he and his father to have an adventure, and NOTHING seemed to have any color anymore.

Sometimes the imagination could be even crueler than the bone saw.

...it was easy to get an incomplete picture of the world if one relied solely on experts, and how important is would be to further rely on oneself