pirateshelly:

“One gets used to a state of affairs for such a long time, it’s easy to forget that they’re all just transitions. Specks of dust suspended in the air until a strong enough gust comes along and rearranges everything”

This is definitely one of my favorite Black Sails quotes, it’s so beautiful and he sound so so sad and tired when he says it

And let me tell you, I’m feeling that sense of inevitability and lack of control implied by the whole “strong enough gust” thing. You can’t control the wind, you can’t control the fact that change is going to come that you didn’t initiate, and in James’ world (and mine sometimes) that change usually sucks. Oh James – I get you, darling.