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

— William McFee Casuals of the Sea (1916)

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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)

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)

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