“I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books were always my friends, let fail all else.”

—  Joshua Slocum

Source: Sailing Alone around the World

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American navigator and maritime writer 1844–1909

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