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There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.

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Fernando PessoaThe Book of Disquiet

A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, li...

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Day and night, their frail and crippled ships defy the tempest.

I would just as soon have abused the old village church at home for not being a cathedral.

We all came in on different ships, but we're all in the same boat now

There was something heartbreakingly beautiful about the lights of distant ships, I thought. It was s...

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Ships have feelings.

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Ann LeckieAncillary Justice

I suppose because I grew up a thousand miles from the sea and missed the great age of passenger line...

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