Elle’s Favorite Black Sails Episodes - 2x10 - XVIII :

Winds blew us east. We stopped off in Tortuga to refit and garner news, of which there was plenty. Eleanor Guthrie's been arrested. Currently on her way back to London in the custody of Her Majesty's Navy to stand trial. For the first time since I've known it, there is no Guthrie in Nassau. One gets used to a state of affairs for such a long time, it's easy to forget that they're all just transitions. Specks of dust suspended in the air until a strong enough gust comes along and rearranges everything. A strong gust has come to this place. The men can feel it. Know it will upset everything they thought they understood just a few days ago. They'll need to lean on something solid. On the men who can reassure them that in times like these, there are some things that can be counted on. They'll look to me for that.But they'll also look to their new quartermaster.

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#how are these two the same man?!

Elle’s Favorite Black Sails Episodes - 3x06 - XXIV:

Before Ocracoke, we came upon a prize... a Spanish prize ferrying a significant trove of intelligence. Most of it was destroyed by the time we found it, but among the remains was one piece of information, something everyone else was quick to dismiss as it held no value to them in that moment. Information about what? Money...separated from the Urca gold within the fort and rendered into a new form...a cache of gems for which Spain is holding the new governor accountable.A cache which,if used creatively, could be the key to defeating British forces in Nassau.The only question is,can we find it before he does?

Elle’s Favorite Black Sails Episodes - 2x01 - IX:

I don't believe you did any of this for a pardon,or a passage to Nassau,or to be able to walk away from anything. I think you intend to reclaim your captaincy. I think you intend to take control of this ship.And then I think you intend to return to that beach,armed to the teeth,and seize every last ounce of gold off of it. And I think you're going to need my help to do it. Tell me I'm wrong.

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We're not fighting and we're not surrendering,so what are we doing? We're going that way. That's a ship killer.

James Flint,1x05 Black Sails.

My concern with you is over that which cannot be known.That thing which arises in you when passions are aroused... good sense escapes you. All men have it. But yours...yours is different. Darker. Wilder. I imagine it's what makes you so effective as an officer. But when exposed to extremes, I could not imagine what it is capable of. And of greater concern, I'm not sure you do either.

The Urca de Lima wrecked at sea last night.Dashed by the storm.

My husband and I were happy.But in London,a happy life can often be a very dangerous thing.Something that other people simply cannot abide.

Torture won't help you. You haven't seen Joji work. No, I mean I have an exceptionally low tolerance for pain. I'd say anything to make it stop. But there may be a more mutually beneficial solution to all this. What if I were to remain with your crew? It makes sense. I forgo payment for the schedule in exchange for my share of the prize. You proceed with your plan. When the time comes for me to reveal the last piece, I will be right by your side. If what I tell you is in any way incorrect, well, you can do with me what you will.

Elle’s Favorite Black Sails Episodes - 4x10 - XXXVIII:

Long John Silver's story...is a hard one to know.The men who believed most deeply in it... were ultimately destroyed by it.And those who stood to benefit most from it...were the most eager to leave it all behind.Until all that remains of any of it... are stories bearing only a passing resemblance to the world the rest of us lived in.A world we survived. A world that is no more.

Captain Flint,4x10.

Elle’s Favorite Black Sails Episodes - XIX aka 3x01:

What we're doing here, sitting on Spain's gold on England's island, demands a response. What that response will be, what form it will take, what face it will wear... by the time we do know it, there will be no time to prepare for the blow that follows.

We're losing our favorable wind.Been losing it for hours.Now, sooner or later, someone will suggest tacking east around the coast,get ahead of the wind. Maneuvered properly,that would be the fastest way home,but I suggest that you resist that plan at all costs. Why? Because that route runs right through the common passage out of Kingston. And the men will press to take the first prize they sight. We're in possession of a war ship. Why would we shy away from taking a prize? Because the men aren't ready. Not with the numbers they've lost. They're far too depleted to fully man this ship in battle. You get them home safely, get them rested, reinforce their numbers, and then take this ship and do with it what you will.

And when the Urca's ours, what's to stop me from killing you anyway? Well, that's a few weeks from now, isn't it? We might be friends by then.