The sea is a metaphor for everything: life, death, the unknown.

我需要一杯酒，我需要很多人寿保险，我需要一个假期，我需要一个乡下的家。我有的是一件外套，一顶帽子和一把枪。

Every day confirms his belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.

You'd say he did it to please the guards. Or maybe it's in order to do a good job with us. And I thought he was just to experience the feeling of a normal person again, even just for a short moment.

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.

我不害怕风暴，因为我正在学习如何驾驶我的船。