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When a thing's done, it's done, and if it's not done right, do it differently next time.

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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.

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Next to the pleasure of reading a favourite fishing book comes that of persuading a friend to read it too.

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It's always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old. If you haven't made your points with them by then, it's too late.
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Arthur Ransome

Arthur Ransome

Born: January 18, 1884
Died: June 3, 1967 (aged 83)
Bio: Arthur Michell Ransome was an English author and journalist. He is best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads.
Known for:
  1. Swallows and Amazons (1930)
  2. Coot Club (1934)
  3. Swallowdale (1931)
  4. Pigeon Post (1936)
  5. Winter Holiday (1933)

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