![]() ![]() If you look in your dictionary you will find: Titans – A race of people vainly striving to overcome the forces of nature. Arthur Rostron, Captain of the Carpathia (describing his feelings upon reaching the scene of the sinking ‘Home From The Sea’ 1931) Charles Lightoller, Titanic Second Officer (describing his impression of the sheer size of Titanic)ĭevoutly thankful I was that the long race was over…but with that feeling was the veritable ache which the now certain knowledge of the liner’s loss brought. I was thoroughly familiar with pretty well every type of ship afloat but it took me 14 days before I could, with confidence, find my way from one part of that ship to another. How could any human being fail to heed those cries. Why on Earth they never came back is a mystery. The partly filled lifeboat standing by about 100 yards away never came back. Captain Arthur H Rostron, Commander of the Carpathia (recounting the Carpathia’s desperate journey to the site of the sinking) It was an anxious time with the Titanic’s fateful experience very close in our minds. ![]() ![]() Icebergs loomed up and fell astern and we never slackened. Read on for a selection of famous quotes and sayings from those who served or survived the Titanic ship, regarding the day the Titanic sank, and even from the cast of the 1997 Titanic movie. ![]()
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