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The years thunder by. The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it, the tomb is sealed.

— Sterling Hayden Wanderer (1963)

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"I’ve always wanted to sail to the South Seas, but I can’t afford it." What these men can’t afford is not to go.

Wanderer (1963)

I don't think you have the foggiest notion of the contempt I have had for myself since the day I did that thing.

Wanderer (1963)

When a man's bogged down, when the thing he is trying to do isn't working out, then he has to damn good and well change his way of living.

Wanderer (1963)

If you are contemplating a voyage and you have the means, abandon the venture until your fortunes change. Only then will you know what the sea is all about.

Wanderer (1963)

Your mind flies free and you see yourself as an actor, condemned to a treadmill wherein men and women conspire to breathe life into a screenplay that allegedly depicts life as it was in the old wild West.

Wanderer (1963)

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