"It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them."
"When a child is born the mother also is born again."
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Source: Gilbert Parker (1913). “The lane that had no turning and other associated tales concerning the people of Pontiac. Parables of a province”
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