A Commonplace Book

Category: boats and ships...

  • being part of the crew on a sailboat crossing the Atlantic or Pacific
  • dining on a restaurant boat in Stockholm
  • exploring Mammoth Cave National Park or the Everglades by boat
  • living on a houseboat in London or Paris
  • pedal-boat around an island
  • the excursion boats at Disneyland
  • dive to an archaeological shipwreck site
  • a bon voyage party
  • rowing your own boat
  • the more maneuverable ship giving way to the less maneuverable craft
  • living your life like a competent captain: setting a course, steering when necessary, but letting the wind and waves do most of the work
  • renting a rowboat on a nearby lake
  • a boat is a vessel that can be hauled aboard a ship, with a ship being somewhat larger
  • Your life is an island separated from all other islands and continents. Regardless of how many boats you send to other shores or how many ships arrive upon your shores, you yourself are an island separated by its own pains, secluded in its happiness. (Kahlil Gibran)
  • We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
  • If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it. (J. Winters)

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