"All the 20th we were endeavouring to get into Adventure Bay but were prevented by variable winds."

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Source : William Bligh (2012). “Mutiny on the Bounty”, p.49, Courier Corporation

William Bligh

#Adventure Quotes #Wind Quotes #Variables Quotes

“Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everythingin every possible way. The reason for ensuring that that privileged arena is preserved is not that writers want the absolute freedom to say and do whatever they please. It is that we, all of us, readers and writers and citizens and generals and goodmen, need that little, unimportant-looking room. We do not need to call it sacred, but we do need to remember that it is necessary.”
“I'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really take a toll on your skin!”
“I don't intend to be insensitive to the victims and their families but, at the same time, as an actor, it's our job, and we are obligated to portray the characters in the most realistic way possible.”
“The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.”
“The worker is far more important to our Lord than the work.”
“These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.”
“It isn't enough for an umpire to merely know what he's doing. He has to look as though he knows what he's doing, too.”
“A girl is different. They want things. They need things on a regular schedule. Why, a girl's got purposes you and me can't even imagine. They got ideas in their heads you and me can't even suppose.”

Source : FaceBook post by Kent Haruf from Jul 30, 2013

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