Hence a ship is said to be tight, when her planks are so compact and solid as to prevent the entrance of the water in which she is immersed: and a cask is called tight, when the staves are so close that none of the liquid contained therein can issue through or between them.
“If you are going to try and hide something, sooner or later people are going to find out.”
“The great thing about being a writer is that you have a long, perhaps frighteningly long time in which to do your work.”