Patrick O'Brian, Master And Commander Quotes

The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words.

Most men find [peace] entirely unlike what they had expected - like love...

The author says that when an angry impulse is not immediately expressed, it turns to melancholy.

The newly-minted captain is told to let nothing stop him but to do nothing that would risk his ship or his crew.

What's wrong with (Captain) Jack Aubrey?""Everything, since he has a command and I have not.

The newly-minted captain admits the irony between the gold on his shoulders and the lack of gold in his pockets.