“But fortunately romance never dies. The spiritual hunger of humanity seeks nourishment in ideals, which it is the business of romance to furnish. Romance is of no particular time or age. If it has usually preferred to lean upon the remote epochs, it is only because the remote is easier to idealise.”
–Rafael Sabatini, “My New Adventures of Captain Blood,” Pearson’s Magazine, December 1929.
“Pish, child! The fellow’s an adventurer.”
Her agreement shocked and dismayed him more than contradiction could have done.
“So I had supposed,” she smiled distractingly. “I love adventurers and the adventurous.”
—Rafael Sabatini, The Black Swan, 1931.
May 2, 2020. In keeping with our love of swordplay, we’d planned a now obviously postponed-for-a-year spring celebration of food and fencing. Next year, we hope! At least the two of us did enjoy fencing amidst blooming jasmine and honeysuckle beneath ancient sweet gum and oaks.
February 23, 2020. A few appropriate words from the famous author:
“Every romanticist must regret the passing of sail, for surely every sailing ship is a romance in itself.”
–Rafael Sabatini, discussing how he came to write Captain Blood: His Odyssey.
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