The Captain's Nephew Quotes

“When the moment comes when your ship vanishes beneath your feet, far out at sea with no hope of rescue, what will you preference be? Will you look for the swimmer’s fate, a prolonged struggle against the inevitable, with the agony of exhaustion as your sole companion or will you wish for a quick end?”
― Philip K. Allan, The Captain's Nephew

“Three loops north and south like that, then three more east and west around the equator, slip out your hand, hold it just so, add three more loops round and about the last ones, pull the ends good and tight, and as the Frogs would have it—Voila!”
― Philip K. Allan, The Captain's Nephew