Reputation became the pirates' sharpest sword.

Stories were heirlooms in these parts.

The feeling of a place was the best reason to go.

Sometimes the imagination could be even crueler than the bone saw.

Even their downtime was epic.

It was too late for he and his father to have an adventure, and NOTHING seemed to have any color anymore.

The longing for something beyond yourself, beyond anything you have ever known or dreamed of?

Never trust the one who praise you frankly

Life is fun. celebrate. If you aren't being kicked, the world probably thinks you are dead anyways.

The lens is a tyranny.

I have selective hearing.

Grief is not very different from illness: in the impetus of its fire it does not recognise lords, it does not fear colleagues, it does not respect or spare anyone, not even itself.

Economic history is the most fundamental branch of history; not the most important. Foundations exist to carry better things.

I want to eat good Italian food and get better at their language. It seems so romantic too.

Daniel was a wonderful and trustworthy partner. And a fine prankster as well.

Youth makes you brave, I suppose. When you're young, you make a fool of yourself all the time. Because of all the rejections and the criticism you get all the time, there has to be a drive there.