Swallows flew, the scythes of their wings mowing the light. - Patrick White

There's nothing so inhuman as a human being.

لديك رفيق من بني وطنك سيشاركك وطنيتك في الإمساك بالسحلية الأمريكية قبل أن تنقرض

For several hours we were thrown and battered — till suddenly calm felt — the calmest calm I have ever experienced at sea. God had willed us to enter the eye — you know about it? the still centre of the storm — where we lay at rest — surrounded by hundreds of seabirds, also resting on the water.