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Patrick O'Brian quotes: I am so happy that you saw your epop. I am so happy that you saw your epop.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: I know of few men over 50 that seem to me entirely human, virtually none who has long exercised authority. I know of few men over 50 that seem to me entirely human, virtually none who has long exercised authority.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Trollops are capital things in port, but will not do at sea. Trollops are capital things in port, but will not do at sea.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: How wonderfully strange,' he thought, 'to be upset by this trifle; yet I am upset. How wonderfully strange,' he thought, 'to be upset by this trifle; yet I am upset.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Wittles is up' said Killick Wittles is up' said Killick
Patrick O'Brian quotes: The newly-minted captain admits the irony between the gold on his shoulders and the lack of gold in his pockets. The newly-minted captain admits the irony between the gold on his shoulders and the lack of gold in his pockets.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: It has always seemed to me that books are the supreme decorations of a room It has always seemed to me that books are the supreme decorations of a room
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Jack, you've debauched my sloth. Jack, you've debauched my sloth.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: men strike out their permanent characters; or have those characters struck into them men strike out their permanent characters; or have those characters struck into them
Patrick O'Brian quotes: I've come down from the mountains, with an ass-full of specimens... I've come down from the mountains, with an ass-full of specimens...
Patrick O'Brian quotes: For a moment Jack felt the strongest inclination to snatch up his little gilt chair and beat the white-faced man down with it ... For a moment Jack felt the strongest inclination to snatch up his little gilt chair and beat the white-faced man down with it ...
Patrick O'Brian quotes: After all a book can be represented as a conversation with one's demon. After all a book can be represented as a conversation with one's demon.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Sheep ain't poetical. Sheep ain't poetical.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: God,' he thought, 'never let me outlive my wits. God,' he thought, 'never let me outlive my wits.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: On a ship, everything is enclosed: the people are right on top of each other and can't get up and walk away. On a ship, everything is enclosed: the people are right on top of each other and can't get up and walk away.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Come all you thoughtless young men,a warning take by meAnd never leave your happy homesto sail the raging sea. Come all you thoughtless young men,
a warning take by me
And never leave your happy homes
to sail the raging sea.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: No man born of woman has ever understood spoken Portuguese. No man born of woman has ever understood spoken Portuguese.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Whereas I had not meant anything so illiberal as a national reflexion, of course; only that I hated Papists. Whereas I had not meant anything so illiberal as a national reflexion, of course; only that I hated Papists.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: What's wrong with (Captain) Jack Aubrey?""Everything, since he has a command and I have not. What's wrong with (Captain) Jack Aubrey?"
"Everything, since he has a command and I have not.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: It is a great while since I felt the grind of bone under my saw,' he added, smiling with anticipation. It is a great while since I felt the grind of bone under my saw,' he added, smiling with anticipation.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: What are bashed neeps?""Neeps hackit with balmagowry. What are bashed neeps?"
"Neeps hackit with balmagowry.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Wondering just how Mr Church thought he had deserved anything short of impalement, Stephen walked into the cabin. Wondering just how Mr Church thought he had deserved anything short of impalement, Stephen walked into the cabin.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: I have never yet known a man admit that he was either rich or asleep. I have never yet known a man admit that he was either rich or asleep.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: In a day when, if you insulted a man it might cost you your life, you were probably more civil. In a day when, if you insulted a man it might cost you your life, you were probably more civil.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: But when a man puts on maturity and invulnerability, it seems that he necessarily becomes indifferent to many things that gave him joy. But when a man puts on maturity and invulnerability, it seems that he necessarily becomes indifferent to many things that gave him joy.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: The sensation of falling into the past is not unlike that of coming home for the holidays. The sensation of falling into the past is not unlike that of coming home for the holidays.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: The back of my hand to guilt. The back of my hand to guilt.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Jack, you have debauched my sloth. Jack, you have debauched my sloth.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: aboard ship, and then hard tack, salt-horse, aboard ship, and then hard tack, salt-horse,
Patrick O'Brian quotes: I wonder, James, whether it is not too easy for a rich man to despise money I wonder, James, whether it is not too easy for a rich man to despise money
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Nelson once said that love of his country served him for a greatcoat. Nelson once said that love of his country served him for a greatcoat.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: We are always the most violent against those whom we have injured. We are always the most violent against those whom we have injured.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: I slept as the person in Plutarch that ran from Marathon to Athens without a pause would have slept if he had not fallen dead, the creature. I slept as the person in Plutarch that ran from Marathon to Athens without a pause would have slept if he had not fallen dead, the creature.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Rested, shaved, coffee'd, steaked, you will be a different man. Rested, shaved, coffee'd, steaked, you will be a different man.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Likings arise when one has no earthly reason for liking - the most wildly improbable marriages and uncommon friendship. Likings arise when one has no earthly reason for liking - the most wildly improbable marriages and uncommon friendship.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: For Captain Aubrey, as for the rest of brute creation, there were only two kinds of birds, the edible and the inedible. For Captain Aubrey, as for the rest of brute creation, there were only two kinds of birds, the edible and the inedible.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: We understood one another better before ever I opened my mouth We understood one another better before ever I opened my mouth
Patrick O'Brian quotes: That would be locking the horse after the stable door is gone, a very foolish thing to do. That would be locking the horse after the stable door is gone, a very foolish thing to do.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: The lookout that first sights the cat shall have ten guineas and remission of sins, short of mutiny, sodomy, or damaging the paintwork. The lookout that first sights the cat shall have ten guineas and remission of sins, short of mutiny, sodomy, or damaging the paintwork.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: If I were a woman I should march out with a flaming torch and a sword; I should emasculate right and left. If I were a woman I should march out with a flaming torch and a sword; I should emasculate right and left.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Wit is the unexpected copulation of ideas. Wit is the unexpected copulation of ideas.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words. The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: He was conscientious, he did his duty as he understood it; but he was no seaman. He was conscientious, he did his duty as he understood it; but he was no seaman.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Gluppit the prawling strangles, there! Gluppit the prawling strangles, there!
Patrick O'Brian quotes: There is a systematic flocci-nauci-nihili-pilification of all other aspects of existence that angers me. There is a systematic flocci-nauci-nihili-pilification of all other aspects of existence that angers me.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: I have never written for an audience. On the other hand I do not write merely to please myself. I have never written for an audience. On the other hand I do not write merely to please myself.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Diana accepted the bait, spat out the hook with contempt, and hurried away to the stables to consult with Thomas, Diana accepted the bait, spat out the hook with contempt, and hurried away to the stables to consult with Thomas,
Patrick O'Brian quotes: I have often observed that extremely violent noise and activity go with good-fellowship and heightened spirits. I have often observed that extremely violent noise and activity go with good-fellowship and heightened spirits.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: But it did not much care for hunting, and then like so many geldings it spent much of its time mourning for its lost stones: a discontented horse. But it did not much care for hunting, and then like so many geldings it spent much of its time mourning for its lost stones: a discontented horse.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: The author says that when an angry impulse is not immediately expressed, it turns to melancholy. The author says that when an angry impulse is not immediately expressed, it turns to melancholy.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: poachers and Methodies, of course. Oh, poachers and Methodies, of course. Oh,
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Killick was a cross-grained bastard, who supposed that if he sprinkled his discourse with a good many sirs, the words in between did not signify: Killick was a cross-grained bastard, who supposed that if he sprinkled his discourse with a good many sirs, the words in between did not signify:
Patrick O'Brian quotes: There is so much ignorant prejudice against bees in a dining-room. There is so much ignorant prejudice against bees in a dining-room.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: I am opposed to authority, that egg of misery and oppression; I am opposed to it largely for what it does to those who exercise it. I am opposed to authority, that egg of misery and oppression; I am opposed to it largely for what it does to those who exercise it.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Stephen had spared no expense in making himself more unhappy, his own position as a rejected lover clearer. Stephen had spared no expense in making himself more unhappy, his own position as a rejected lover clearer.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Compulsion is the death of friendship. Compulsion is the death of friendship.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Yet whether wisdom can be any more profitably pursued than happiness is a question. Yet whether wisdom can be any more profitably pursued than happiness is a question.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Invincible ignorance could not be enlightened; and Invincible ignorance could not be enlightened; and
Patrick O'Brian quotes: He that would make a pun would pick a pocket. He that would make a pun would pick a pocket.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Most men find [peace] entirely unlike what they had expected - like love... Most men find [peace] entirely unlike what they had expected - like love...
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Any innocent pleasure is a real good: there are not so many of them. Any innocent pleasure is a real good: there are not so many of them.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Surely man in general is born to be oppressed or solitary, if he is to be fully human; Surely man in general is born to be oppressed or solitary, if he is to be fully human;
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Wallis,' said Maturin, 'I am happy to see you. How is your penis? Wallis,' said Maturin, 'I am happy to see you. How is your penis?
Patrick O'Brian quotes: The function of the novel is the exploration of the human condition. Really, that's what it's all about. The function of the novel is the exploration of the human condition. Really, that's what it's all about.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: A virtuous esculent! A virtuous esculent!
Patrick O'Brian quotes: The more a victory cost, the more it was esteemed. The more a victory cost, the more it was esteemed.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Clap on with both hands, sir - never say die - one more heave and we're home, safe and dry. Clap on with both hands, sir - never say die - one more heave and we're home, safe and dry.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: It is unjust to provoke a man and then to complain he is a satyr if the provocation succeeds. You It is unjust to provoke a man and then to complain he is a satyr if the provocation succeeds. You
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Other people's marriages are a perpetual source of amazement. Other people's marriages are a perpetual source of amazement.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Do you not find it happens very often, that you are as gay as Garrick at dinner and then by supper-time you wonder why God made the world? Do you not find it happens very often, that you are as gay as Garrick at dinner and then by supper-time you wonder why God made the world?
Patrick O'Brian quotes: There never was a ship that fought well without she was a happy ship. There never was a ship that fought well without she was a happy ship.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Sometimes you receive a knock in action: it may be your death-wound or just a scratch Sometimes you receive a knock in action: it may be your death-wound or just a scratch
Patrick O'Brian quotes: It all gave a pleasant illusion of eternity, this quiet sailing under a perfect sky towards a horizon perpetually five miles ahead, never nearer. It all gave a pleasant illusion of eternity, this quiet sailing under a perfect sky towards a horizon perpetually five miles ahead, never nearer.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Better than a shove in the eye with a dry stick. [- Jack] Better than a shove in the eye with a dry stick. [- Jack]
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Puddings, my dear sir?' cried Graham.Puddings. We trice 'em athwart the starboard gumbrils, when sailing by and large. Puddings, my dear sir?' cried Graham.
Puddings. We trice 'em athwart the starboard gumbrils, when sailing by and large.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: I sew his ears on from time to time, sure. I sew his ears on from time to time, sure.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: It must be a weary life, being in a permanent state of rage or at least at half-cock. It must be a weary life, being in a permanent state of rage or at least at half-cock.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: For very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the contrary ... For very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the contrary ...
Patrick O'Brian quotes: How much better a man feels when he is mixed with halibut and leg of mutton and roebuck How much better a man feels when he is mixed with halibut and leg of mutton and roebuck
Patrick O'Brian quotes: He held up two fingers, in case a landman might not fully comprehend so great a number. He held up two fingers, in case a landman might not fully comprehend so great a number.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Should I feel better if I were to vomit?' asked Jagiello. 'I doubt it,' said Stephen. 'It has done nothing for the Colonel. Should I feel better if I were to vomit?' asked Jagiello. 'I doubt it,' said Stephen. 'It has done nothing for the Colonel.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: The newly-minted captain is told to let nothing stop him but to do nothing that would risk his ship or his crew. The newly-minted captain is told to let nothing stop him but to do nothing that would risk his ship or his crew.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: I very much dislike being interviewed by the kind of journalist who tries to dig into your private life. I very much dislike being interviewed by the kind of journalist who tries to dig into your private life.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: I have 60 years of reading to draw upon: naval memoirs, dispatches, the Naval Chronicles, family letters. I have 60 years of reading to draw upon: naval memoirs, dispatches, the Naval Chronicles, family letters.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: You can't be happy if you're not tolerably happy with yourself. The addition of friends adds immeasurably to life. You can't be happy if you're not tolerably happy with yourself. The addition of friends adds immeasurably to life.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Lord Nelson's maxim 'Never mind manoeuvres: always go straight at 'em. Lord Nelson's maxim 'Never mind manoeuvres: always go straight at 'em.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Never mind manoeuvres, always go at them. Never mind manoeuvres, always go at them.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Virtue should always be colmingled with humor. Virtue should always be colmingled with humor.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Take a newspaper account of Waterloo or Trafalgar, with all the small advertisements: it seems much more real than reading about it in a history book. Take a newspaper account of Waterloo or Trafalgar, with all the small advertisements: it seems much more real than reading about it in a history book.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Jack and Stephen were neither of them human until the first pot of coffee was down, hot and strong. Jack and Stephen were neither of them human until the first pot of coffee was down, hot and strong.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: What was independence but a word? What did any form of government matter? Freedom: to do what? What was independence but a word? What did any form of government matter? Freedom: to do what?
Patrick O'Brian quotes: One lives in the very present moment; lives intently. There is no urge to be doing: being is the highest good. One lives in the very present moment; lives intently. There is no urge to be doing: being is the highest good.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Still, the farther hills remained as untouched as the sea; high, remote, arid, dark and sterile, poisoned with the sun. Still, the farther hills remained as untouched as the sea; high, remote, arid, dark and sterile, poisoned with the sun.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Jack had never been a hypocrite until he became a father, and even now it did not come easy. Jack had never been a hypocrite until he became a father, and even now it did not come easy.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Although wealth may not bring happiness, the immediate prospect of it provides a wonderfully close imitation. Although wealth may not bring happiness, the immediate prospect of it provides a wonderfully close imitation.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: Let us drink to the renewed success of Irish arms, and confusion to the Pope. Let us drink to the renewed success of Irish arms, and confusion to the Pope.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: I've never set out to seduce my reader. I don't see him at all clearly. I've never set out to seduce my reader. I don't see him at all clearly.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: You do not mean there is danger of peace?, cried Jack. You do not mean there is danger of peace?, cried Jack.
Patrick O'Brian quotes: She is remarkably dry,' he said to Stephen who, preferring to die in the open, had crept up on deck, She is remarkably dry,' he said to Stephen who, preferring to die in the open, had crept up on deck,
Patrick O'Brian quotes: was an officer holding out his sword, was an officer holding out his sword,

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