Obviously I'm not going to have him interrupt our meeting to talk to our retirees. I didn't know who this guy was when he called.

Tim yelled something and just took off.

The daily chocolate left Will in high spirits, so that some days he believed he could wheel with the gulls that fished the foaming water close to shore. Now that he felt so free, it came to him that the corner of England, which up till now had been his whole universe, was in fact only a scrap of a boundless realm. – On Starlit Seas

A journey is an achievement, Maria, just as much as a mathematical proof. – On Starlit Seas

She enjoyed the sights and sounds of the dockside – ports were places of freedom. – On Starlit Seas

Maria didn’t fear the sea but, as taught by her father, she respected its power. In her experience the ocean had no intent to drown travellers. – On Starlit Seas