Chris Durbin > Quotes

“Give a man your trust, and he will invariably exceed your expectations.”
― Chris Durbin, The Leeward Islands Squadron

“most men will surprise their peers when they are given responsibility”
― Chris Durbin, Ligurian Mission

“difficult situation that Kestrel found herself in.”
― Chris Durbin, Holbrooke's Tide

“He heard the bell from the fo’c’sle – three double strokes and a single – seven bells in the last dog watch.”
― Chris Durbin, Nor'west by North

“Do you know that there are no brown trout in Virginia?”
― Chris Durbin, Nor'west by North

“Boldness, that is the key to winning,’ he remembered. ‘When you have prepared yourself, your men and your ship for combat, at the end you must be prepared to roll the dice. To charge when others urge caution, to turn at bay when all about you cry retreat, to throw in your own life as you would the last chip in a game of hazard.”
― Chris Durbin, The Leeward Islands Squadron

“Gresham grinned as he swung his leg over the gunwale”
― Chris Durbin, Carlisle's Duty

“What do you think now, Mister Beazley, a hurricane?”
― Chris Durbin, Cousins At Arms