Gertrude Benham Quotes

“I have no home in the sense that is generally understood and so there is nothing to prevent me enjoying to the uttermost the spirit of wanderlust that has entered my soul. I am never lonely. How can I be when there is so much to see and admire in the world?”

“Pray devoutly but hammer stoutly.”

“He who ceases to pray ceases to prosper.”

“The kiss of sun for pardon The song of the birds for mirth One is nearer God's Heart in a garden Than anywhere else on earth.”

“Rip van Winkle was lazy.”

“One is nearer God's heart in a garden Than anywhere else on earth.”

“Washington is a city of people doing badly what shouldn't be done at all.”

“As an actor he should be an extra in police line-ups.”

“SWAT? For me?" Still trembling, one hand clung to the ambulance gurney, the other held a massive sterilised cotton wool wad under my nose."Tactical Support was busy. You got Dennis and Arlo," said Harry, speed-reading the papers he'd snatched from inside my jacket.Closest his hands had been to my chest in a long time."Which one broke my nose?""That'd be Dennis.”

“His introduction throws me. The only time I can envision "Hi, I'm a surgeon" as a fitting introduction is if I were on a gurney in a stark white room and a man wielding a scalpel was standing over me. Plus, it's been a while since we've talked careers with anyone. Jobs are rarely a topic of conversation anymore--they exist in a place and time too far away to seem interesting. "What do you do?" is not a question asked to define someone, because out here we're all working the same jobs: yachties, mechanics, navigators, weather-readers, fishermen, adventure travelers, storytellers.”