A Pirate of Her Own Quotes

“Who says I’m drinking? (Morgan)
I guess the bottle drank itself. (Jake)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“What’s in a man’s past doesn’t matter nearly as much as what’s in his present, and most importantly, what’s in his heart. (Kristen)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“Serenity barely heard the last of his words as he made his way out of the cabin. Instead, her attention was on the quick, clean strokes of Morgan’s writing. It amazed her that a pirate would be literate. Especially one sold so young to the sea.

She broke the seal.


I feel like a weed in the midst of Winter. ’Tis the sunshine of your smile that will bring back the Spring of my days. We arrive in four days. I hope you will grace me again with your presence.

Yours,
Morgan

She traced the flowing letters with the tip of her finger and couldn’t suppress a smile. A poetic pirate no less. Who would have thought?”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“Go to the devil, Captain Drake. (Serenity)
That’s not very ladylike! (Morgan)
Then try this one. Go to hell, and…and rot! (Serenity)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“Well, if ifs and nuts were candy and nuts, then we’d all have a Merry Christmas. (Serenity)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“Please don’t send me away, Serenity. I came back because I need you. I want us…you, me, and Nicholas…to have a life together. To build a house…and…and farm like Jake, or maybe buy a business. I no longer care where I live. I just want to be with you, Serenity. With you and with Nicholas forever. Please say yes. (Morgan)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“Why are you so angry? I’ve come back for you and this is how you greet me? (Morgan)
You’ve come back for me? Oh, how delightful. Shall I put on my best gown or should I just fall down on my knees in gratitude that you finally remembered I exist? (Serenity)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“You’ve no idea what it’s like, Captain Drake, to be a woman. To be told all your life that everything you want is foolish and that you’re useless except as a broodmare. First it was simple. ‘Don’t climb that tree, Serenity. Ladies never do such.’ Then it was, ‘Don’t run, it’s not ladylike. Don’t raise your voice. Don’t speak your thoughts. Don’t laugh too loudly, don’t eat too much, don’t cut your hair, don’t wear those colors.’ My whole life is don’t. Now I’m too old to even be a broodmare. (Serenity)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“Then why are women by nature, by God’s own design, the gentler sex? Women faint at the slightest scare. (Morgan)
Slight scare, Captain? I assure you, sir, that I have seen women suffer for days to bring a child into this world. And I have yet to see a woman faint during the labor of it. I beg you, show me a man who would willingly bear that much pain for that many hours, and not cry out for his mommy! In fact, you want to know why women have a higher tolerance for pain, Captain Drake? I’ll tell you why, it’s so that we women can put up with you men! (Serenity)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“I’m not allowed to walk topside, nor can I walk below deck. What could possibly be left for me to do? Oh, I know. Die from boredom! (Serenity)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“(Serenity couldn’t speak. His smile grew wider.)
Take your time. Women do that a lot around me. (Stanley)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“Besides, he would know that I did it on purpose. (Serenity)
Honey, I assure you, that man won’t think a thing. His mind will be on other matters. You could chop off his head and he wouldn’t notice. (Kristen)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“The fatal stoop. It’s guaranteed to bring a man to his knees. (Kristen)
It sounds dangerous. What am I supposed to do, knock him over the head with something? (Serenity)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“I feel like a weed in the midst of Winter. ‘Tis the sunshine of your smile that will bring back the Spring of my days. We arrive in four days. I hope you will grace me again with your presence. Yours, Morgan (Morgan's letter)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“You have no idea of the things I’ve seen. I was a pirate–once. I’m not denying that, nor do I make excuses for it. I was young, angry, and desperate. Three things that make a most lethal combination. I wanted blood from the Brits and I wanted blood from my enemy. (Morgan)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“She would follow him, and if he made a move to hurt her, she promised herself he would long regret it. At least she would try to make him long regret it. Of course, the worst thing she could probably manage would be to bleed on him. Fine revenge, that. (Serenity)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“Don’t worry. (Morgan)
‘Don’t worry,’ he says. We’ve only got a madman trying to blow us out of the water, and the Marauder tells me not to worry. Tell me, Captain Pirate, at what point should I start to worry? When I see the whites of their eyes? Or when the sharks begin to circle me? (Serenity)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“But I– (Jake)
But nothing, Captain. Heaven forbid you leave the helm for more than a minute. Anything could happen. God could toss down a lightning bolt and set fire to the ship. A sea monster could rise up from the depth of the ocean and swallow us whole. Or, dare I say it? The weight of male egos may be so great that it plops a hole right in the center of deck and we sink from it! (Serenity)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“Life at sea is hard. And often deadly. (Morgan)
Then why do you do it? (Serenity)
Because we love it. (Morgan)
A glutton for punishment, aren’t you? (Serenity)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“Kill him? (Jake)
Confront him. (Morgan)
Since when do you take the sissy way out? (Jake)
Excuse me? (Morgan)
Face it, Drake, that good English breeding of yours is showing itself. Talking ain’t a man’s way of doing things. You know that. You got a problem, you cut its heart out and then it’s not a problem anymore. (Jake)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“You are a very dangerous woman, Serenity. (Morgan)
Me? (Serenity)
Aye. And the worst part is, you don’t even know why. (Morgan)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“I think the girl’s ruined and you and I are going to hell for it. (Morgan)
Given our past sins, I doubt if she’ll be the stone that tips the scales of our damnation. (Jake)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“What the devil are you doing here? (Morgan)
I am sitting in a most uncomfortable chair. (Serenity)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“Hold me tight, sweet courage. (Serenity)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“Could you really catch me? (Serenity)
Absolutely. Besides, Barney would have my head if I let you make a mess on the deck. (Morgan)
Oh, thanks. I’m glad chivalry is alive and well on the high seas. (Serenity)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“Cookie didn’t dare light a fire, so we have cold food this evening. (Morgan)
Yum. Hard-boiled wood, my favorite. (Serenity)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“Hello. (Serenity)
I’ve killed over a hundred men. Half of them I kill for simply saying hello. (Ushakii)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“I believe you said earlier, Miss James, that an ounce of prevention– (Morgan)
Is worth an army of pistols. (Serenity)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“You know, Drake, I seem to recall this impertinent young pup who once told me that problems shared are problems solved. (Jake)
And I seem to recall a surly pirate telling me to mind my own business or I’d find myself gutted. (Morgan)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own

“To adventure the likes of which I think neither of us have ever seen. (Morgan)
And to fate. To the very fate that has abandoned us to turmoil. (Serenity)”
― Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own