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Quotes from Casuals of the Sea — William McFee

1881–1966 England

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People don't ever seem to realise that doing what's right's no guarantee against misfortune.

Casuals of the Sea (1916)

Responsibility's like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight.

Casuals of the Sea (1916)

It is so much easier to tell intimate things in the dark.

Casuals of the Sea (1916)

If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.

Casuals of the Sea (1916)

It is extraordinary how many emotional storms one may weather in safety if one is ballasted with ever so little gold.

Casuals of the Sea (1916)

Terrible and sublime thought, that every moment is supreme for some man and woman, every hour the apotheosis of some passion!

Casuals of the Sea (1916)

The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool.

Casuals of the Sea (1916)

A trouble is a trouble, and the general idea, in the country, is to treat it as such, rather than to snatch the knotted cords from the hand of God and deal out murderous blows.

Casuals of the Sea (1916)

To those poor Casuals of the way-worn earth,
The feckless wastage of our cunning schemes,
This book is dedicate, their hidden worth
And beauty I have seen in vagrant dreams!

Casuals of the Sea (1916)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William McFee (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.