124 Quotes About Ship

  • Author Scott Lynch
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    It's things like this that makes a ship seem like home. Help you forget what a load of tedious old shit life out here can be.

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  • Author Patricia Hagan
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    Oh, it was easy to see why people had whirlwind shipboard romances, for it was a temporary journey into fantasy, where dreams could come true--if only for the duration of the cruise.

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  • Author Michael Ondaatje
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    Miss Lasqueti consumed mostly crime thrillers, which constantly seemed to disappoint her. I suspect that for her the world was more accidental than any book’s plot. Twice I saw her so irritated by a mystery that she half rose from the shadow of her chair and flung the paperback over the railing into the sea.

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  • Author Ted Anthony Roberts
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    Is this seat taken?” she asked him again, tapping on a chair at the table.“That’s where my Rum is sitting. He is my guest!”“But the bottle is in your hand, and not in this chair,” she spoke, pointing out the bottle.“So, it is!” he answered, looking at his Rum. Then, looking back at her: “But he was invited to this party.

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  • Author Ted Anthony Roberts
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    When handled in a civilized fashion, Piracy on the high seas could become more of a wise business decision than of a sheer, chaotic, unorganized criminal act. And I saw very little difference in what we were doing than the royals and courtiers were doing in the midst of cities, and of calling what they were doing legal and legitimate.

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