Captain Blood Quotes.

1. "A man must sometimes laugh at himself or go mad,’ said he. ‘Few realize it. That is why there are so many madmen in the world."
- Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood

2. "It came to Mr. Blood, as he trudged forward under the laden apple-trees on that fragrant, delicious July morning, that man—as he had long suspected—was the vilest work of God, and that only a fool would set himself up as a healer of a species that was best exterminated."
- Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood

3. "But they were fated to misunderstand each other."
- Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood

4. "Open the history of the past at whatsoever page you will and there you shall find coincidence at work bringing about events that the merest chance might have averted. Indeed, coincidence may be defined as the tool used by Fate to shape the destinies of men and nations."
- Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood

5. "It is not human to be wise,’ said Blood. ‘It is much more human to err, though perhaps exceptional to err on the side of mercy."
- Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood

6. "Peter Blood judged her- as we are all prone to do- upon insufficient knowledge."
- Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood

7. "An intelligent observation of the facts of human existence will reveal to shallow-minded folk who sneer at the use of coincidence in the arts of fiction and drama that life itself is little more than a series of coincidences. Open the history of the past at whatsoever page you will, and there you shall find coincidence at work bringing about events that the merest chance might have averted. Indeed, coincidence may be defined as the very tool used by Fate to shape the destiny of men and nations. Observe it now at work in the affairs of Captain Blood and of some others."
- Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood

8. "Life can be infernally complex,’ he said."
- Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood

9. "A man must sometimes laugh at himself or go mad--Few realize it. That is why there are so many madmen in the world."
- Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood

10. "Id is fery boedigal!" he said, his blue eyes twinkling. "Cabdain Blood is fond of boedry - you remember de abble-blossoms. So? Ha, ha!"
- Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood