All the quotes used in
Vows Made in Storms by
kcscribbler and
protectorgf.
"Vows made in storms are not forgotten in port."~old sailors' proverb
"A trustworthy friend is the truest anchor for the ship of life."~Anonymous
"Even pirates, before they attack another ship, hoist a black flag."~Gen. Bela Kiraly, Commander, Hungarian National Guard
"On board ship there are many sources of joy of which the land knows nothing. You may flirt and dance at sixty; and if you are awkward in the turn of a valse, you may put it down to the motion of the ship. You need wear no gloves, and may drink your soda-and-brandy without being ashamed of it."~Anthony Trollope
"We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope."~Epictetus
"There is no news in fear, but in the end its fear that drowns you."~Anne Sexton
"One of the advantages of being Captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it."~James T. Kirk
"The only safe ship in a storm is leadership."~Faye Wattleton
"Keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key.
All's Well That Ends Well."~William Shakespeare
"To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor."~Oliver Wendell Holmes
"What oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life."~Emil Brunner
"When the storm breaks, each man acts in accordance with his own nature. Some are dumb with terror. Some flee. Some hide. And some spread their wings like eagles and soar on the wind."~from Elizabeth the Golden Age
"I have not yet begun to fight!"~John Paul Jones
"One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."~Alfred Tennyson, "Ulysses"
"O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won."~Walt Whitman, "O Captain, My Captain"