BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN

Arthur Ransome


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Better drowned than duffers, if not duffers won't drown.

Arthur Ransome

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You write not for children but for yourself. And if by good fortune children enjoy what you enjoy, why then you are a writer of children's books.

Arthur Ransome


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The desire to build a house is the tired wish of a man content thenceforward with a single anchorage.
The desire to build a boat is the desire of youth, unwilling yet to accept the idea of a final resting place.

Arthur Ransome


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Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for what might have been

Arthur Ransome


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The island had come to seem one of those places seen from the train that belong to a life in which we shall never take part.

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Wild Cat Island

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Swallows and Amazons for-ever!

Arthur Ransome


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Who would wave a flag to be rescued if they had a desert island of their own? That was the thing that spoilt Robinson Crusoe. In the end he came home. There never ought to be an end.

Arthur Ransome

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Only, the beastly Arctic won't freeze,

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