Quotes from work
On Stranger Tides
On Stranger Tides is a 1987 historical fantasy novel by American writer Tim Powers. It was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and placed second in the annual Locus poll for best fantasy novel.On Stranger Tides takes place during the Golden Age of Piracy. It features real historical figures like Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, and Woodes Rogers alongside fictional ones, as actors in the fictional John Chandagnac's quest to reclaim his inheritance and rescue an Englishwoman. Vodun magic is an important plot device.
““Whats o’clock?”
It wants a quarter to twelve,
And to-morrow’s doomsday.”
Source: On Stranger Tides (1987), Chapter 19 (p. 207, quoting T. L. Beddoes)
“The seas and the weathers are what is; your vessels adapt to them or sink.”
Source: On Stranger Tides (1987), Chapter 1 (p. 9, repeated on p. 53)
