Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World ( Sentence Starters )
( change pronouns as necessary )
"Which would you choose?"
"If you had to choose. If you were forced to make a choice. If there was no other response..."
"Damn, he was good. Just came out of nowhere."
"The simple fact is we were soundly beaten."
"To wives and sweethearts...may they never meet."
"I fear you have burdened me with a debt I can never fully repay."
"Name a shrub after me. Something prickly and hard to eradicate."
"I shall name a great tortoise after you."
"He who would pun would pick a pocket."
"Never mind the maneuvers, just go straight at 'em."
"They're exhausted. These men are exhausted. You've pushed them too hard."
"I invite you to this cabin as my friend. Not to criticise nor to comment on my command."
"Well, shall I leave you until you're in a more harmonious frame of mind?"
"What would you have me do, ____?"
"I profoundly respect your right to disagree with me, but I can only afford one rebel on this ship."
"I hate it when you talk of the service in this way. It makes me feel so very low."
"You've come to the wrong ship for anarchy, brother."
"They mean to take us as a prize. And we are worth more to them undamaged. Their greed... will be their downfall."
"___, have you forgotten your promise?"
"Subject to the requirements of the service."
"No, ____. No. You've forgotten yourself. You see, for my part, I look upon a promise as binding."
"The promise was conditional."
"We do not have time for your damned hobbies, sir!"
"This is the second time he's done this to me. There will not be a third."
"Tell me this wasn't on my account."
"Should you really be getting up?"
"____, are you also a doctor?"
"Run like smoke and oakum."
"We must survive this day."
"What is it with this man? Did I kill a relative of his in battle?"
"He fights like you, ___."
"Tell me that wasn't fun!"
"I've never seen a braver patient."
"The deaths in actual battle are the easiest to bear."
"Am I speaking to my old friend, or to the ship's captain?"
"As a friend, I would say that I have never once doubted your abilities as a captain."
"Perhaps we should have turned back weeks ago."
"The men, of course...they would follow you anywhere, rightfully confident of victory. And therein lies the problem...you're not accustomed to defeat."
"It's beginning to smack on pride."
"It's not a question of pride, it's a question of duty."
"Duty. Yes, I've heard it well spoken of."
"Did you meet him? Can you tell me what he was like?"
"I have had the honour of dining with him twice. He spoke to me on both occasions."
"A master tactician and a man of singular vision."
"He always said in battle 'Never mind the maneuvers, just go straight at 'em.'"
"The first time he spoke to me...I shall never forget his words. I remember it like it was yesterday."
"I know it sounds absurd, and were it from another man, you'd cry out 'oh what pitiful stuff' and dismiss it as mere enthusiasm. But with ___...you felt your heart glow."
"But we have no alternative, we must turn and fight! He must have been hiding and waited until we passed."
"You know, I'm very sympathetic of mutineers, men pressed from their homes, their chosen occupations..."
"Never met a dead man that bought me a drink."