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Patrick OBrian Quotes

Jack, you have debauched my sloth Picture Quote #1

And pray, what in sea language is meant by a ship? Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

About my books, that’s all that I think the public has, in its normal way, to know. My private life is, by definition, private Picture Quote #1

I have 60 years of reading to draw upon: naval memoirs, dispatches, the Naval Chronicles, family letters Picture Quote #1

I very much dislike being interviewed by the kind of journalist who tries to dig into your private life Picture Quote #1

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I’ve never set out to seduce my reader. I don’t see him at all clearly Picture Quote #1

On a ship, everything is enclosed: the people are right on top of each other and can’t get up and walk away Picture Quote #1

In my case, I write in the past because I’m not really part of the present. I have nothing valid to say about anything current, though I have something to say about what existed then Picture Quote #1

For a moment Jack felt the strongest inclination to snatch up his little gilt chair and beat the white-faced man down with it Picture Quote #1

When you’re taking a fence on a horse, you don’t think much; your body does all the thinking, and you’re over or you’re not over. It’s much the same when you are doing a tricky thing with a pen. There are times when I’m writing very, very fast Picture Quote #1

You can’t be happy if you’re not tolerably happy with yourself. The addition of friends adds immeasurably to life Picture Quote #1

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About my books, that’s all that I think the public has, in its normal way, to know. My private life is, by definition, private Picture Quote #1

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Jack, you have debauched my sloth (Patrick OBrian Quotes) And pray, what in sea language is meant by a ship? (Patrick OBrian 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 (Patrick OBrian Quotes) About my books, that’s all that I think the public has, in its normal way, to know. My private life is, by definition, private (Patrick OBrian Quotes) I have 60 years of reading to draw upon: naval memoirs, dispatches, the Naval Chronicles, family letters (Patrick OBrian Quotes) I very much dislike being interviewed by the kind of journalist who tries to dig into your private life (Patrick OBrian Quotes) I’ve never set out to seduce my reader. I don’t see him at all clearly (Patrick OBrian Quotes) On a ship, everything is enclosed: the people are right on top of each other and can’t get up and walk away (Patrick OBrian Quotes) In my case, I write in the past because I’m not really part of the present. I have nothing valid to say about anything current, though I have something to say about what existed then (Patrick OBrian 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 (Patrick OBrian Quotes) When you’re taking a fence on a horse, you don’t think much; your body does all the thinking, and you’re over or you’re not over. It’s much the same when you are doing a tricky thing with a pen. There are times when I’m writing very, very fast (Patrick OBrian Quotes) You can’t be happy if you’re not tolerably happy with yourself. The addition of friends adds immeasurably to life. (Patrick OBrian Quotes) About my books, that’s all that I think the public has, in its normal way, to know. My private life is, by definition, private. (Patrick OBrian Quotes)