“ One captain, seizing the line-knife from his broken prow, had dashed at the whale, as an Arkansas duelist at his foe, blindly seeking with a six-inch blade to reach the fathom-deep life of the whale.… Herman Melville
“ He penned a letter to the Company in London, a letter whose unfailing spirit would become legendary among the sailors of the East India Company. 'I cannot tell where you should looke for me.' he wrote… Giles Milton
“ And now you're off to Port Caynn. Watch them sailor lads. They'll have your skirts up and a babe in your belly afore you know what you're about.Everyone keep warning me about sailors, I complained. Wh… Tamora Pierce
“ I had a romance novel inside me, but I paid three sailors to beat it out of me with steel pipes. Patton Oswalt
“ We of the sea come to know each other quickly; our loves, like our hates, are born of sudden dangers. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
