Christina

“Bush put both arms round Hornblower’s shoulders and walked with dragging feet. It did not matter that his feet dragged and his legs would not function while he had this support; Hornblower was the best man in the world and Bush could announce it by singing ‘For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow’ while lurching along the alleyway.”
― C.S. Forester, Lieutenant Hornblower

“Hornblower worked as hard to conceal his human weaknesses as some men worked to conceal ignoble birth.”
― C.S. Forester, Lieutenant Hornblower

“You were used to say extremity was the trier of spirits; that common chances common men could bear; that when the sea was calm all boats alike showed mastership in floating”
― William Shakespeare, Coriolanus

“The cork was in the bottle. He and the Atropos were trapped.”
― C.S. Forester, Hornblower and the Atropos