"Come," he said, taking her by the hand and leading her to a distant sopha, "come and sit by me, and let us talk of bats."

"... He is not very sharp in some ways; and in his simple view of the world, paederasts are dangerous only to powder-m…"

"“But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either my country, right or wr…"

"“This short watch that is about to come, or rather these two short watches--why are they called dog watches? Where, h…"

"Jack,you have debauched my sloth."

"My God, oh my God," he said. "Six hundred men."

"“Other people's marriages are a perpetual source of amazement.”"

"Most historical novels suffer from the fatal twin defects of emphasizing the pastness of the past too much while at t…"

"O'Brian is not always easy to cite, because his many terse moments of wit and aptitude require context for their expl…"

"(What books might we be surprised to find on your shelves?) I don’t know, because I don’t know what you expect. Would…"