…but Flint his own self was feared of me. Feared he was, and proud.
-Treasure Island
There must be something strangely sacred in salt. It is in our tears and in the sea.
Our God in His gracious thirst will drink us all, the dewdrop and the tear.
— Khalil Gibran, Sand and Foam
The strong among us must stand together and face it. But the fools, the pretenders, they were never truly among us to begin with.
Toby Stephens as James Flint in BLACK SAILS: SEASON THREE
That’d make a lot more sense if I didn’t need him just as badly as he needs me.
The outcome is only uncertain for those who disbelieve.
I believe in this place.
And I believe if there’s anyone who can do what’s necessary
to make it something better,
it’s you.
PMCW DAY 6: QUOTE — FLINT’S DARKNESS MONOLOGUE.
They paint the world full of shadows … and then tell their children to stay close to the light. Their light. Their reasons, their judgments. Because in the darkness, there be dragons. But it isn’t true. We can prove that it isn’t true. In the dark, there is discovery, there is possibility. There is freedom in the dark once someone has illuminated it.
