Sailor Star Healer

Famous quotes containing the words sailor, star and/or healer:

    “Captain Bligh: Mr. Byam, you’re up late.
    Byam: It’s very warm below, sir.
    Captain Bligh: I hadn’t noticed it. A true sailor can sleep in an oven, if need be, or in a keg of ice.”
    —Talbot Jennings (1896–1985)

    “I would that we were, my beloved, white birds on the foam of the sea!
    We tire of the flame of the meteor, before it can fade and flee;
    And the flame of the blue star of twilight, hung low on the rim of the sky,
    Has awaked in our hearts, my beloved, a sadness that may not die.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “When a tongue fails to send forth appropriate shafts, there might be a word to act as healer of these.”
    —Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)