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Likings arise when one has no earthly reason for liking - the most wildly improbable marriages and uncommon friendship.
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Patrick O'Brian
translator, linguist, writer, novelist, author
1914 – 2000
Patrick O'Brian, born Richard Patrick Russ, was an English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series. These sea novels are set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and centre on the friendship of the English naval captain Jack Aubrey and the Irish–Catalan physician Stephen Maturin. The 20-novel series, the first of which is Master and Commander, is known for its well-researched and highly detailed portrayal of early 19th-century life, as well as its authentic and evocative language. A partially finished 21st novel in the series was published posthumously containing facing pages of handwriting and typescript.
All Quotes by Patrick O'Brian
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Come," he said, taking her by the hand and leading her to a distant sopha, "come and sit by me, and let us talk of bats.
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And pray, what in sea language is meant by a ship?
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... He is not very sharp in some ways; and in his simple view of the world, paederasts are dangerous only to powder-monkeys and choir boys, or to those epicene creatures that are to be found in Mediterranean brothels. I made circuitous attempt at enlightening him a little, but he looked very knowing and said, 'Don't tell me about rears and vices; I have been in the Navy all my life.'
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“This short watch that is about to come, or rather these two short watches--why are they called dog watches? Where, heu, heu, is the canine connection?'
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Jack,you have debauched my sloth.
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“Other people's marriages are a perpetual source of amazement.”
— Patrick O'Brian