“There, in the shimmering distance, was a sail. I stared in momentary disbelief, but there it was, one of the most beautiful sights the Pacific can ever offer — a ship in full sail edging her way through the blue waters.”
Tom Neale
An Island to Oneself
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“Only one ship is seeking us, a black- Sailed unfamiliar, towing at her back A huge and birdless silence. In her wake No waters breed or break.”
Philip Larkin
The Complete Poems
“All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by.”
John Masefield
“No ship can out sail death”
Mark Twaid
“The anchor heaves, the ship swings freeThe sails swell full. To sea, to sea!”
THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES
“The sky was rarely more than pale blue or violet, with a profusion of mighty, weightless, ever-changing clouds towering up and sailing on it, but it has blue vigour in it, and at a short distance it painted the ranges of hills and the woods a fresh deep blue.”
Karen Blixen
Out of Africa