Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Nicholas Monsarrat

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British novelist Nicholas Monsarrat.
Last updated on November 4, 2024.
Nicholas Monsarrat

Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat FRSL RNVR was a British novelist known for his sea stories, particularly The Cruel Sea (1951) and Three Corvettes (1942–45), but perhaps known best internationally for his novels, The Tribe That Lost Its Head and its sequel, Richer Than All His Tribe.

The marvelous maturity of London! I would rather be dead in this town than preening my feathers in heaven. — © Nicholas Monsarrat
The marvelous maturity of London! I would rather be dead in this town than preening my feathers in heaven.
Sailors, with their built in sense of order, service and discipline, should really be running the world.
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