classic-starters:

starters from the 1990 book, THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE by avi

• “be careful ( name ), careful of the wind you choose.”
  
• “a sailor chooses the wind that takes the ship from a safe port. ah, yes, but once you’re abroad, as you have seen, winds have a mind of their own.”
• “i’m well satisfied.”
  
• “did you not mark his words?”
  
• “what about him?”
  
• “ah! justice for all?”
  
• “for those who deserve it.”
  
• “whether you believe me or not, ( name ), it is true.”
  
• “justice is poorly served when you speak ill of your betters.”
  
• “where are we?”
  
• “i … i … i shouldn’t be here.”
  
• “ah, but you and i have so much in common.”
  
• “i don’t need a friend.”
  
• “when a sailor dies on a voyage, miss, he goes to his resting place in the sea with his hammock sewn about him by a friend.”
  
• “no more tea, thank you.”
  
• “i know nothing about knives.”
  
• “is she british or american?”
  
• “is someone there?”
  
• “no one ranks for creative genius like a sailor shirking work.”
  
• “sweet are the uses of adversity.”
  
• “i should like a private word.”
  
• “a round robin!”
  
• “i’m not certain i believe you.”
  
• “we shall have it at sea.”
  
• “i should think even you, in your mongrel ignorance, would know the days of piracy are long gone.”
  
• “no piracy for us; only justice.”
  
• “a blessing goes with you.”
  
• “he’s always watching you.”
  
• “he’s waiting, wanting you to make a mistake.”
• “i don’t intend to make a mistake.”
  
• “if the ship plunges, the sea will up and grab you.”
  
• “you won’t be captain long!”
  
• “you’ll be seen by everyone as the cruel despot you are!”
  
• “what if he doesn’t get it right?”
  
• “can’t we sail around?”
  
• “up, damn you! up! hurry!”
  
• “he’s dead.”
  
• “it was you … that … murdered him.”
  
• “you’ll leave the light, won’t you?”
  
• “easy, ( name ), i’ll not do you harm.”
  
• “close to death, surely, but not altogether dead.”
  
• “may the gods protect us.”
  
• “no one knows where he keeps the key.”
  
• “( name ), you’re scheduled to be hanged at dawn.”
  
• “how kind of you to visit. do step in.”
  
• “you knew i was coming.”
  
• “it was you who killed him.”
  
• “let her be captain now.”
  
• “what shall become of me?”
  
• “were you ever a slave?”
  
• “i was young. the world was big. my home was small.”
  
• “it was a difficult voyage, dearest.”
  
• “but mind! i shall be on the lookout for spelling mistakes!”
• “this is home.”
  
• “let it burn to ash!”
  
• “what you have written is rubbish of the worst taste. stuff for penny dreadfuls! beneath contempt.”
  
• “and the grammar … it is beyond belief!”
  
• “you give me much hope.”
  
• “i’ve decided to come home.”