The Watch That Ends the Night Quotes

“Marriage without struggle is like an unfired clay pot.
It is easily made, but it will not stand the test of time.”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night

“Man's fatal flaw is misplaced optimism.”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night

“Some folks is meant to make excuses. Some folks is meant to make history.”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night

“... my aim in writing The Watch That Ends the Night was not to present history. My aim was to present humanity. The people represented in this book lived and breathed and loved. They were as real as you or me. They could have been any one of us.”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic

“But most are fueled by hope.”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night

“Thank God (my wife) and I were both born poor
so the concept of fidelity was allowed to take root in us.”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night

“In vogue and cosmopolitan they clutch their Pomeranians and walk among the millionaires or watch from swayback steamer chairs”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night

“I can tell a lot about people just by watching them go about their day. And from where I sits in the crow's nest, a rich man and a poor man looks equally small.”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night

“Why were you staring at me?" the girl asked.
The boy replied, "Because you are beautiful.”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night

“I can tell a lot about people
just by watching them going about their day.
And from where I sits in the crow's nest,
a rich man and a poor man looks equally small.”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night

“I have chosen not to name any particular ship because its identity is not relevant to my story. The fact is that a ship was there. And for whatever reason, that ship did nothing.”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night