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A ship is a beauty and a mystery wherever we see it ... By Harriet Beecher Stowe Ship Beauty Mystery

A shipper thrives on emotional scraps, stolen glances and did-they-or-didn't-they tension. By Tumblr Tension Scraps Stolen Shipper Thrives

This boat that we just built is just fine - And don't try to tell us it's not The sides and the back are divine - It's the bottom I guess we forgot By Shel Silverstein Fine Divine Forgot Boat Built

The boy and the girl had once dreamed of ships, long ago, before they'd ever seen the True Sea. They were the vessels of stories, magic ships with masts hewn from sweet cedar and sails spun by maidens from thread of pure gold. Their crews were white mice who sang songs and scrubbed the decks with their pink tails. By Leigh Bardugo Sea True Long Ago Ships

There are good ships and there are wood ships, the ships that sail the sea. But the best ships are friendships, and may they always be. By Janice Thompson Ships Sea Good Wood Sail

What of miniature boats constructed of birch bark and fallen leaves, launched onto cold water clear as air? How many fleets were pushed out toward the middles of ponds or sent down autumn brooks, holding treasures of acorns, or black feathers, or a puzzled mantis? Let those grassy crafts be listed alongside the iron hulls that cleave the sea, for they are all improvisations built from the daydreams of men, and all will perish, whether from the ocean siege or October breeze. By Paul Harding Leaves Launched Air Miniature Boats

We used two Princess Cruise ships. The Island Princess and The Pacific Princess. They were identical ships. By Gavin Macleod Princess Cruise Ships Island Pacific

The best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle. By Ben Jonson Mariners Sails Anchor Tackle Pilots

The most important thing is sailing toward shore. By Russ Harris Shore Important Thing Sailing

She is the swelling sail, trim rigging and bust sunlit deck of our matrimonial yacht. I am the low hull, with the invisible ballast and keel. By Alasdair Gray Sail Trim Yacht Swelling Rigging

I have a ship's bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a pirate. By Zosia Mamet Bed Actress Pirate Ship Totally

And if that is the Foremast, what do you think that sail might be called, Mr. Wheeler?""The Foresail?""Very good, Mr. Wheeler, and the next one up would be called ... " ... "The Next Sail, Sir?""Alas, no, Mr. Wheeler. By L.a. Meyer Wheeler Called Foremast Foresail Good

The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the long headno intricate game of chess where few moves are made in straight-forwardness and ends are attained by indirection, an oblique, tedious, barren game hardly worth that poor candle burnt out in playing it. By Herman Melville Frankness Finesse Sailor Game Landsman

Of course, for a seaman, next to being actually at sea, the greatest enjoyment comes from preparing the boat for a voyage. By Robin Knox-Johnston Seaman Sea Voyage Greatest Enjoyment

Aboard at a ship's helmA young steersman steering with care.Through fog on a sea-coast dolefully ringing, An ocean-bell - O a warning bell, rock'd by the waves.O you give good notice indeed, you bell by the sea-reefs ringing, Ringing, ringing, to warn the ship from its wreck-place.For as on the alert O steersman, you mind the loud admonition, The bows turn, the freighted ship tacking speeds away under her grey sails, The beautiful and noble ship with all her precious wealth speeds away gaily and safe.But O ship, the immortal ship! O ship aboard the ship! Ship of the body, ship of the soul, voyaging, voyaging, voyaging. By Walt Whitman Ringing Ship Speeds Steersman Bell

Wide sea, that one continuous murmur breedsAlong the pebbled shore of memory!Many old rotten-timber'd boats there beUpon thy vaporous bosom, magnifiedTo goodly vessels; many a sail of pride,And golden keel'd, is left unlaunch'd and dry. By John Keats Wide Sea Memory Bosom Magnifiedto

Of all the things that man has made, no is so full of interest and charm, none possesses so distinct a life and character of its own, as a ship. By Henry Van Dyke Made Charm Ship Things Man

Hardship is the best ship to board By Jagdish Bali Hardship Board Ship

Discovered check is the dive bomber of the Chessboard By Reuben Fine Chessboard Discovered Check Dive Bomber

Too aware, even as he says this very proper thank-you, that most people become customers sooner or later, here or at one of the city's four other fine and not-so-fine sickbays. No one rides for free, and in the end, even the most seaworthy ship goes down, blub-blub-blub. The only way to balance that off, in Hodges's opinion, is to make the most of every day afloat. But if that's true, what By Stephen King Sickbays Aware Thankyou Proper People

Ships have feelings. By Ann Leckie Ships Feelings

I was shipwrecked before I got aboard. By Seneca The Younger Aboard Shipwrecked

The open ocean often takes you past your physical limits and when it does, sailing becomes a mental game. By Abby Sunderland Sailing Game Open Ocean Past

There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today. By Warren Beatty Today Wrong Bloody Ships

I'm on a frosting sailboat, tossed around by blue-green waves, the deck shifting beneath my feet. By Suzanne Collins Sailboat Tossed Waves Feet Frosting

No ship can out sail death By Mark Twain Death Ship Sail

The days of languorous shore leave are long gone. Overnight stays are unheard of and sailor towns a distant memory. In better ports, seafarers head for a seamen's mission. By Rose George Days Languorous Shore Leave Long

We're on the same boat but in different cabin By Hlovate Cabin Boat

I have never met with a friend who furnished me sea-room. I have only tacked a few times and come to anchor - not sailed - made no voyage, carried no venture. By Henry David Thoreau Searoom Met Friend Furnished Anchor

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage. By George William Curtis Voyage Ship Skillful Sailing Assures

Between dock and deck. By George R R Martin Deck Dock

On June 14, 1998, I pushed off under quiet gray skies from Nags Head, N.C, in the American Pearl, a 23 foot long boat made of plywood and fiberglass. I planned to row 3,637 miles across the North Atlantic to France. I was alone. There were no chase vessels. No one planned to drop food or equipment to me along the way. The physical goal was easy to explain: I was attempting to do something no American and no woman had ever done - to row solo across an ocean. By Tori Murden June Head Pearl Nags Foot

You get a canoe later and I'll paddle you By Groucho Marx Canoe Paddle

Why would you need a ship, Max? You're thinking of leaving already?"No, no," Max said. "This would be just for fun. Or emergencies." Carol's face had darkened and his eyes had gone small. His expression scattered Max's brain so much he started babbling: "It'll have a trampoline. And a big aquarium. An aquarium under the water, inside the ship, where we keep the fish and squids and stuff we like ... By Dave Eggers Max Ship Aquarium Thinking Leaving

Pirate Frank. Walks the Plank. By Dave Horowitz Frank Pirate Plank Walks

We Shall Build Good Ships Here; At A Profit If We Can, At A Loss If We Must, But Always Good Ships. By Collis Potter Huntington Good Ships Build Profit Loss

Damn fine ship's cat you are. By Tim Lebbon Damn Fine Ship Cat

In the road ships must ride in 30, 40, or 50 fathom water, not above half a mile from the shore at farthest: and if there are many ships they must ride close one by another. By William Dampier Ride Fathom Water Farthest Ships

A ship is safe at shore but it's not built for that. By Albert Einstein Ship Safe Shore Built

Now comes the reign of iron - and cased sloops are to take the place of wooden ships. By John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren Iron Ships Reign Cased Sloops

French steamer, and she called in every blamed port they have out there, for, as far as I could see, the sole purpose of landing soldiers and custom-house officers. I watched the coast. Watching a coast By Joseph Conrad French Steamer Officers Coast Called

Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore. By Thomas Campion Shore Weatherbeaten Sail Bent

Get rid of their mast, knock holes in the hull, then get back on board.""You want us to sink her?" Gundar asked, and Halt shook his head. "No. I want her badly damaged but capable of making it back to port. I want the word to go out that the strange ship with the red falcon ensign" - he gestured to Evanlyn's ensign, flying from the mast top - "is manned by dangerous, hairy maniacs with axes and is to be avoided at all costs." "That sounds like us," Gundar said cheerfully. By John Flanagan Knock Hull Board Gundar Rid

There's no place where one can breathe as freely as on the deck of a ship. By Elsa Triolet Ship Place Breathe Freely Deck

Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on! By Joaquin Miller Sail

Spirits rise as the sails fill ... Gone is the sea's glassy surface, and with it the terrible glare.Close the hatches and ports!We're sailing again! By Jim Moore Spirits Fill Rise Sails Surface

There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world By Pierre Mac Orlan World Adventures Chessboard Seas

Mystery lies over the sea. Every ship is bound for Thule. By Robert Wilson Lynd Mystery Sea Thule Lies Ship

For me, my craft is sailing on,Through mists to-day, clear seas anon.Whate'er the final harbor be'T is good to sail upon the sea! By John Kendrick Bangs Today Clear Seas Sea Craft

What brings the whole back row of the chessboard to my modest little abode? By Taylor Anderson Abode Brings Back Row Chessboard

Every seaman is not only a navigator, but a merchant and also a soldier. By William Petty Navigator Soldier Seaman Merchant

It's called a sea anchor,' [Evanlyn] explained. 'It'll stop us drifting too far.'Alyss was impressed. 'And you said you were pig-ignorant when it came to boats.''I don't remember saying that,' Evanlyn replied with a frown.Alyss shrugged. 'Oh? Well, it must have been me. By John Flanagan Evanlyn Explained Anchor Called Sea

Redd up the ship! By Mary Ann Shaffer Redd Ship

I'll stick to building ships. By George Steinbrenner Ships Stick Building

Friendship is the best kind of ship. By Jennifer Lane Friendship Ship Kind

Raft of the Medusa. By John-Allen Price Medusa Raft

We're going to need a bigger boat. By Peter Benchley Boat Bigger

Let me guess. The big one is due in on the north shore? (Dante) Yes. So let's make this quick. I have a board, a wave, and a babe with my name on them and I would like to take advantage of all three. (Savitar) By Sherrilyn Kenyon Guess Dante Savitar Shore Big

Lillian's recurrent dream of a ship that could not reach the water, that sailed laboriously, pushed by her with great effort, through city streets, had determined her course toward the sea, as if she would give this ship, once and for all, its proper sea bed. By Anais Nin Lillian Water Laboriously Pushed Effort

On a ship, everything is enclosed: the people are right on top of each other and can't get up and walk away. By Patrick O'brian Ship Enclosed People Top Walk

Some boats are rotten in the ports; some boats shine in the hard journeys! By Mehmet Murat Ildan Boats Ports Journeys Rotten Shine

One ship is very much like another and the sea is always the same. In the immutability of their surroundings the foreign shores, the foreign faces, the changing immensity of life, glide past, veiled not by a sense of mystery but by a slightly disdainful ignorance; for there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself, which is the mistress of his existence and as inscrutable as Destiny. By Joseph Conrad Sea Ship Foreign Destiny Shores

I have to find a boat. Somehow. By Lois Mcmaster Bujold Boat Find

You're gonna need a bigger boat. By Peter Benchley Boat Gonna Bigger

Who cares about the men who steered your breakfast cereal through winter storms? How ironic that the more ships have grown in size and consequence, the less space they take up in our imagination. By Rose George Storms Cares Men Steered Breakfast

All right boys, let's sail away! Show those bastards how airship pirates fly a ship! By Katherine Mcintyre Boys Sail Show Ship Bastards

Ships are a strange kind of commodity because they're very lumpy, very big individual units, but they're commodities. By Wilbur Ross Ships Lumpy Units Commodities Strange

Is the scraping off of a barnacle the destruction of a ship? By H. P. Blavatsky Ship Scraping Barnacle Destruction

It was to have been a quiet evening at home. Home is the Busted Flush, 52-foot barge-type houseboat, Slip F-18, Bahia Mar, Lauderdale. By John D. Macdonald Slip Lauderdale Flush Bahia Mar

The humblest craft that floats makes its appeal to a seaman by the faithfulness of her life. By Joseph Conrad Life Humblest Craft Floats Makes

The man who has a girl in every port is not a sailor but a wholesaler. By Evan Esar Wholesaler Man Girl Port Sailor

Watching a coast as it slips by the ship is like thinking about an enigma. There it is before you, smiling, frowning, inviting, grand, mean, insipid, or savage, and always mute with an air of whispering, "Come and find out". By Joseph Conrad Watching Enigma Smiling Frowning Inviting

If your ship does not come in, swim out to it! By John Watson Swim Ship

At this point doubts started to creep in. One was always reading ofyoung men running away to sea, or people shipping as deck-hands andworking their passages. There seemed to be no special qualificationsneeded. No ropes had to be spliced. No rigging had to be climbed. Allyou did was paint the anchor, chip rust off the deck plating and say'aye, aye, sir', when addressed by an officer. It was a tough life andyou met tough men. There were weevils in the ship's biscuits and you hadlittle to eat but skilly. Quarrels were settled with bare fists and youwent about naked to the waist. But one of the crew always had aconcertina and there were sing-songs when the day's work was done. Inafter life you wrote a book about it. By Eric Ambler Point Doubts Started Creep Men

O'er Ocean, with a thousand masts, sails forth the stripling bold-One boat, hard rescued from the deep, draws into port the old! By Friedrich Schiller Ocean Oer Masts Sails Boat

When I'm not surfing or sailing, I am to be found at the harbour working on my boat. By Laura Dekker Sailing Boat Surfing Found Harbour

Ships are to little purpose without skillful Sea Men. By Richard Hakluyt Men Sea Ships Purpose Skillful

I'm great at boats! By Matt Fraction Boats Great

This man is my boatswain. By Scott Lynch Boatswain Man

The ones that win are the ones that ship. By Mark Pilgrim Ship Win

That ship is loaded with treasure, but there's a hole in the ship. And my job is to get everyone to row in the same direction. By Gil Amelio Treasure Ship Loaded Hole Direction

Seagulls ... slim yachts of the element. By Robinson Jeffers Seagulls Slim Element Yachts

My official cruise ship band name is now A Band On Ship ... By Rob Schwimmer Ship Band Official Cruise

My ship came in,then it sank! By Brian T. Shirley Sank Ship Inthen

I can safely say, that the happiest part of my life has been spent on board a ship. By Jane Austen Ship Safely Happiest Part Life

Pirate Captain Jim"Walk the plank," says Pirate Jim"But Captain Jim, I cannot swim.""Then you must steer us through the gale.""But Captain Jim, I cannot sail.""Then down with the galley slaves you go.""But Captain Jim, I cannot row.""Then you must be the pirate's clerk.""But Captain Jim, I cannot work. By Shel Silverstein Jim Captain Pirate Walk Plank

No one rides for free, and in the end, even the most seaworthy ship goes down, blub-blub-blub. The only way to balance that off, in Hodges's opinion, is to make the most of every day afloat. By Stephen King Free End Rides Seaworthy Ship

Pirate DreamsNeedles and pins, Needles and pins,Sew me a sail to catch me the wind.Sew me a sail strong as the gale,Carpenter, bring out your hammers and nails.Hammers and nails, hammers and nails,Build me a boat to go chasing the whales.Chasing the whales, sailing the blueFind me a captain and sign me a crew.Captain and crew, captain and crew,Take me, oh take me to anywhere new. By Shel Silverstein Sail Hammers Captain Needles Pirate

If all the world's a stage, then it's missing a few planks. By John Fogarty Stage Planks World Missing

Seafarers are used to being exploited. At sea, the captain moans at chandlers who supply ships with green bananas that will never ripen; at fruit that goes moldy obscenely fast; at sub-standard meat. By Rose George Seafarers Exploited Sea Ripen Fast

A ship is a bit of terra firma cut off from the main; it is a state in itself; and the captain is its king. By Herman Melville Main King Ship Bit Terra

We should make up our own phrase," I suggested. "Add our own contribution to nautical lore."Cal thought about it for a while and then said, "How about, the starboard sea?""What?" I asked. "Like the sea on the right side of the boat? That doesn't mean anything.""No," Cal insisted, "it means the right sea, the true sea, or like finding the best path in life. It's deep. I'm telling you, it's going to catch on. By this time next year, everyone will be using it. By Amber Dermont Cal Sea Phrase Suggested Make

On board ship there are many sources of joy of which the land knows nothing. You may flirt and dance at sixty; and if you are awkward in the turn of a valse, you may put it down to the motion of the ship. You need wear no gloves, and may drink your soda-and-brandy without being ashamed of it. By Anthony Trollope Ship Board Sources Joy Land

Now comes good sailing. By Henry David Thoreau Sailing Good

Every ship should have a cat. By Alan Villiers Cat Ship

Let the Truth be known, no ship is unsinkable. The bigger the ship, the easier it is to sink her. I learned long ago that if you design how a ship'll sink, you can keep her afloat. I proposed all the watertight compartments and the double hull to slow these ships from sinking. In that way, you get everyone off. There's time for help to arrive, and the ship's less likely to break apart and kill someone while she's going down. By Thomas Andrews Truth Ship Unsinkable Sink Ships

The shelves of this store are stacked with stock. You will find a steamship, a sailing ship, and even a spaceship. There are several sorts of shoe and scores of signs and symbols. There is a sketch of a squinch, a selection of shells (not all from the sea), a siamang settled on a seat, a sponge to be studied, and sundry stuff suspended from strings. In all I included 1,234 Ss for you to see. By Mike Wilks Stock Shelves Store Stacked Steamship

It was in the days when France's power was already broken upon the seas, and when more of her three-deckers lay rotting in the Medway than were to be found in Brest harbour. But her frigates and corvettes still scoured the ocean, closely followed ever by those of her rival. At the uttermost ends of the earth these dainty vessels, with sweet names of girls or of flowers, mangled and shattered each other for the honour of the four yards of bunting which flapped from the end of their gaffs. By Arthur Conan Doyle France Medway Brest Seas Harbour

When you can't wait for your ship to come in, you've got to row out to it. By Greer Garson Wait Ship Row

Frigates are the eyes of a fleet. By Horatio Nelson Frigates Fleet Eyes