I would like to tell you that I wrote my book to push back artistic boundaries. But I didn't. I wrote it to impress a girl.

This is what I like about life at sea. It’s one long voyage of discovery. Solid water! What will they think of next? Hopefully a pony who solves crimes.

With a sound like a bat hitting a watermelon, pirate fist connected with pirate jaw and a gold tooth bounced across the deck.

You don't know what it is to live and laugh and love and run a man through! You've never tasted salty air on your tongue or waved heartily at a mermaid!

That explains a lot,' he said. 'I suppose it's also why we've never glimpsed that giant compass in the corner of the Atlantic. I have to say, I'm a little disappointed.

That explains a lot, ' he said. 'I suppose it's also why we've never glimpsed that giant compass in the corner of the Atlantic. I have to say, I'm a little disappointed.

They both fell silent. For a while the only sound they could hear was the noise of books resting on shelves, which wasn’t really enough of a sound to distract them from the awkwardness of the moment.

Never lose hope, though everything's bleak, though you feel so weak. Never shrink back, never look back, especially when you know that you're fighting for the right reasons, for the right people.

In the City of Light, the stars are blind. Our constellations do not reside in the skies.

...love was the closest thing to immortality that men would ever know and that the only--and best--answer to death is loving. Loving.

They carry back bright to the coiner the mintage of man,The lads that will die in their glory and never be old.

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.

If we deny emotion, we lose all touch with our internal universe.

Nobody is ever misunderstood at a fireside; he may only be disagreed with.

It is foolish to be afraid of death. Just think. No more repaired tires on the body vehicle, no more patchwork living.

Yeah. Kip gets to guard you and I get to house-sit. Life bites the big tee-tawa. (Syn)

Psychedelic experiences and dreams are chemical cousins; they are only different in degree.