Good luck with...whatever this is.
I am the one they come to here when they need things, want things, fear things. In another time and another place, they would call me a queen. I built this from nothing. And none of it is real.
JESSICA PARKER KENNEDY as MAX BLACK SAILS SEASON 3
There is a life in Boston. There is joy there and music and peace. The door is open. I've opened it for you, and it requires no war and no blood and no sacrifice.
Black Sails | III.
You've heard the stories, haven't you? She's a witch who pledged my soul to the devil and anoints me with the blood of infants to keep me safe in battle. Come on, I'm not stupid. No, you're not. So you can probably guess it isn't as much fun to tell stories about how your captain makes a home with a nice Puritan woman who shares his love of books.
There are other ships. Had a few offers, have you? Makes sense. You'd be an asset to any crew.
Think of it as an investment in the future.
I am tired of this. This thing that perpetuates itself with anger and bluster and blood. I do not want to be your friend. What I want is for all of this to end. (…) I am tempted to put the sword to you and your man both, and bury this story for good, but what am I if I spend my days pleading for a return to civility and then do dark things under the cover of night?
JESSICA PARKER KENNEDY as MAX BLACK SAILS SEASON 4
BLACK SAILS 4.04 “XXXII.”
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You know of me all I can bear to be known.
BLACK SAILS 4.09 “XXXVII.”
I know how you feel about being seen without the leg, but when the fighting truly begins, all that matters is what makes for the greatest…advantage.