Alexandre Dumas: “He Was a Fine, Tall, Slim Young Fellow”

Photographer Unknown, (The Sailor’s Selfie)

“He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow, with black eyes, and hair as dark as the raven’s wing; and his whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger.”

Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

The Adoration of the Sailor

Photographer Unknown, Title Unknown, (Adoration of the Sailor)

“He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow, with black eyes, and hair as dark as the raven’s wing; and his whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger.”
Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexander Dumas: “Life is a Storm, My Young Friend”

Photographer unknown, (Pale Blue Eyes)

“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine! Then the fates will know you as we know you” 

—Alexander Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo