“ He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow, with black eyes, and hair as dark as the raven’s wing; and his whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger. Alexandre Dumas
“ For I say there is no other thing that is worse than the sea is for breaking a man, even though he may a very strong one. Homer
“ Call me Ishmael. Some years ago--never mind how long precisely--having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the… Herman Melville
“ And yet a child’s utter innocence is but its blank ignorance, and the innocence more or less wanes as intelligence waxes. Herman Melville
“ A sailor is not defined as much by how many seas he has sailed than by how many storms he has overcome. Matshona Dhliwayo
