In September 1740, during an imperial conflict with Spain, the Wager, carrying some 250 officers and crew, had embarked from Portsmouth in a squadron on a secret mission: to capture a treasure-filled Spanish galleon known as “the prize of
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“Someone very wise once told me that by opening our hearts, revealing our scars, we are made human and flawed and whole.” He”
― Beneath a Scarlet Sky
― Beneath a Scarlet Sky
“We’d be who we were, and we could either come to grips with this fact and like the person we’d become, or live with regret and disappointment”
― The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
― The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
“You never know with people. Even the good can hurt you bad, and the bad, well, they’re going to hurt you but good.”
― West With Giraffes
― West With Giraffes
“Awww, well, my young friend, how can you survive what life throws at you if you cannot laugh and love, and are they not the same thing?”
― Beneath a Scarlet Sky
― Beneath a Scarlet Sky
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