Treasure Island Quotes
"I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow — a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his soiled blue coat, his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails, and the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white."
"This is a handy cove,» says he at length; «and a pleasant sittyated grog-shop. Much company, mate?"
"I'm a plain man; rum and bacon and eggs is what I want, and that head up there for to watch ships off."
"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest — Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!"
"Often I have heard the house shaking with «Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum,» all the neighbours joining in for dear life, with the fear of death upon them, and each singing louder than the other to avoid remark."
"But I'm a saving soul. I never wasted good money of mine, nor lost it neither; and I'll trick 'em again."
"If you keep on drinking rum, the world will soon be quit of a very dirty scoundrel!"
"If you do not put that knife this instant in your pocket, I promise, upon my honour, you shall hang at the next assizes."
"The man has had a stroke, as I warned him. Now, Mrs. Hawkins, just you run upstairs to your husband and tell him, if possible, nothing about it."
"I'll show these rogues that I'm an honest woman,» said my mother. «I'll have my dues, and not a farthing over."
"I don't like treasure voyages on any account, and I don't like them, above all, when they are secret and when the secret has been told to the parrot."
"It's my belief neither of you gentlemen know what you are about."
"I see things going, as I think, not quite right."
"You may go below, my man. Hands will want supper."
"We never had a night at the Admiral Benbow when I had half the work; and I was dog-tired when, a little before dawn, the boatswain sounded his pipe and the crew began to man the capstan-bars."
"He was not only useless as an officer and a bad influence amongst the men, but it was plain that at this rate he must soon kill himself outright, so nobody was much surprised, nor very sorry, when one dark night, with a head sea, he disappeared entirely and was seen no more."
"Sometimes the bravest adventures occur in the mind upon reflecting on our experiences, like how a simple voyage can turn into a profound journey of self-discovery."
"Courage and strength are not always about wielding a sword; sometimes it's about standing firm in the face of adversity, or choosing the harder right over the easier wrong."
"The true measure of a person is not in how they wield power over others but in how they handle themselves when they have none."
"In the heart of the storm or the calm of the port, it's our decisions that define the course of our journey, not the conditions we find ourselves in."
"Loyalty and trust, once broken, are like a ship's hull breached; the vessel may yet float for a time, but its fate to sink is sealed."
"Adventure is not just a journey through the seas or the unknown lands but also an exploration into the depths of our own character, revealing what truly lies within us when tested."
"The sea teaches us that no matter how strong the storm, or how vast the waves, we have within us the courage to sail through."
"From trunk to trunk the creature flitted like a deer, running manlike on two legs, but unlike any man that I had ever seen, stooping almost double as it ran."
"As soon as I remembered I was not defenceless, courage glowed again in my heart."
"Wherever a man is, says I, a man can do for himself."
"Many's the long night I've dreamed of cheese — toasted, mostly."
"I've lived that rough as you'd be ashamed to hear of."
"I'm risking my life and the lives of these good gentlemen every second."
"The best hope, it was decided, was to kill off the buccaneers until they either hauled down their flag or ran away."
"If there's any doubt about the matter, he is," returned the doctor. "A man who has been three years biting his nails on a desert island, Jim, can't expect to appear as sane as you or me."
"The watch below, all hands to load muskets. Lively, men, and careful."
"But he stuck to it like a man in silence, and at last arrived before the captain, whom he saluted in the handsomest style."
"You're either my ship's cook — and then you were treated handsome — or Cap'n Silver, a common mutineer and pirate, and then you can go hang!"
"Well? says Captain Smollett as cool as can be."
"Right you were, Cap'n Smollett," replied Silver. "Dooty is dooty, to be sure."
"We want that treasure, and we'll have it — that's our point!"
"I stand here and tell you so; and they're the last good words you'll get from me."
"Before an hour's out, I'll stove in your old block house like a rum puncheon."
"Laugh, by thunder, laugh! Before an hour's out, ye'll laugh upon the other side."
"Toss out the fire, the chill is past, and we mustn't have smoke in our eyes."
"The endless ballad had come to an end at last."
"Drink and the devil had done for the rest — Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!"
"The sun was up but was still hid from me behind the great bulk of the Spy-glass."
"I had scarce time to think — scarce time to act and save myself."
"I sprang to my feet and leaped, stamping the coracle under water."
"The schooner trembled to her keel under the reverse."
"At every jump of the schooner, red-cap slipped to and fro, but — what was ghastly to behold — neither his attitude nor his fixed teeth-disclosing grin was anyway disturbed by this rough usage."
"He must have drunk a gill before he took the bottle from his mouth."
"By the by," I continued, "I can't have these colours, Mr. Hands; and by your leave, I'll strike 'em. Better none than these."
"This man," he began, nodding feebly at the corpse " — O'Brien were his name, a rank Irelander — this man and me got the canvas on her, meaning for to sail her back."
"You can kill the body, Mr. Hands, but not the spirit; you must know that already," I replied.
"He rose once to the surface in a lather of foam and blood and then sank again for good."
"I was no sooner certain of this than I began to feel sick, faint, and terrified."
"I clung with both hands till my nails ached, and I shut my eyes as if to cover up the peril."
"I was now alone upon the ship; the tide had just turned."
"The moon was climbing higher and higher, its light began to fall here and there in masses through the more open districts of the wood."
"The red glare of the torch, lighting up the interior of the block house, showed me the worst of my apprehensions realized."
"You seem to have a lot to say," remarked Silver, spitting far into the air.
"He's seen his slice of luck, has Dick, and you may lay to that." - Silver
"You always was brisk for business, and has the rules by heart, George, as I'm pleased to see." - Sea-cook
"I'm still your cap'n, mind — till you outs with your grievances and I reply." - Silver
"I made a hash o' this cruise, did I?" - Silver
"You've neither sense nor memory, and I leave it to fancy where your mothers was that let you come to sea." - Silver
"He might be our last chance, and I shouldn't wonder." - Silver
"Not I, mates! And number three? Ah, well, there's a deal to say to number three." - Silver
"Duty first and pleasure afterwards, as you might have said yourself, Silver." - Dr. Livesey
"And I take it I've found a way as'll suit all." - Silver
"We're all humbly grateful for your kindness." - Silver
"Ah, Merry, standing for cap'n again? You're a pushing lad, to be sure." - Silver
"You came in in about the nick, I guess, for me and Hawkins." - Silver