A/N: So this idea started long ago when I kind of started to follow a quote of the day site. It gave one quote a day and one word a day. I kind of tried to write little drabbles (100 - 200 words) inspired by the quote. They were all One Piece related. I found this document back a while back and decided to edit some and upload them. Maybe I'll even start writing some new ones.
So no, this is not going to be a daily activity for me. First and foremost I'm going to upload those in the document that I deem worthy. Then I might add some more. Some of them are linked to a specific period which I will indicate in italics under the quote. Some can just be randomly placed in the One Piece timeline and some don't even really belong there.
Enjoy them, and please tell me what you think ^^
"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men."
Herman Melville
(Direct after the fight in Enies Lobby)
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The captain lay in a bed, bandages wrapped tightly around his lanky body. He was listening. He was listening with his eyes closed to soft snores that came from next to the bed. He could hear the scribble of feather on a piece of paper and the sound of the chopping of a kitchen knife and the usage of various pots. There was a strong hammer stroke that resonated through the wood around him and soft clicks from hoofs on the deck. He heard mumbling about a mighty story, but couldn't make out the words and when he listened very closely he thought he noticed how a page was turned. Closer to him was the humming of the always moving waves and very deep and faint a happy voice that told him about sailing countless oceans.
He shifted a bit and winched slightly from the pain. He was hurt, yes, but he would live. He knew he would. It wasn't because he felt that he was healing, it wasn't because he wasn't hurt badly. No, they were with him and that was why he couldn't, and more importantly wouldn't, give up on life. He lived for them, for his crew, for his nakama
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