Titanic Quotes

“Before leaving the wreck we placed two plaques on her remains. One on the stern, honoring those who had died, and one on the bow, asking that the ship be left in peace. That hasn't happened, as artifacts have since been salvaged for display.”
― Bill Allen, Titanic: Collector's Edition

“The bow still appears stately and upright. The stern lies in a shattered heap, mangled, we believe, by its violent break with the bow, by it's impact with the bottom, and perhaps by damage caused when air-filled pockets in the sinking hulk met deep-ocean pressures that near 6,000 pounds per square inch. Moist poignant was the debris field, where the effects of a floating city of 2,228 men, women, and children had drifted down for hours after Titanic broke apart. There, amidst huge chunks of twisted metal, fragile china cups appeared untouched. Peering through Alvin's small porthole, I saw the hollow eyes of a doll's head staring back, a haunting reminder of loss. Most wrenching for me was the sight of a pair of splayed boots, the body of the owner long ago consumed in the deep.”
― Bill Allen, Titanic: Collector's Edition

“In the four days remaining, we worried 24 hours a day to document Titanic photographically. The first close approache with Argo was frightening, as we weren't sure whether Titanic's funnels and rigging were still attached-waiting to ensure our half-million-dollar sled. Gingerly passing Argo above Titanic's decks, we saw that the first funnel was gone, the mast was down, and the rigging was swept away, leaving us clear passage. Argo also showed us that the main forward section of the ship was upright and facing slightly east of north. Not until the last day did we identify the several stern section, lying in a heap and turned in the opposite direction of the bow, which lay nearly 2,000 feet away.”
― Bill Allen, Titanic: Collector's Edition