“He rested sitting on the un-stepped mast and sail and tried not to think but only to endure.”

“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.”

“Creation's probably overrated. After all, God made the world in only six days and rested on the seventh.”

“The sail was patched with flour sacks and, furled, it looked like the flag of permanent defeat.”

“In the early morning on the lake sitting in the stern of the boat with his father rowing, he felt quite sure that he would never die.”

“If he lived by a lie he should try to die by it”

“It was dark now as it becomes dark quickly after the sun sets in September. He lay against the worn wood of the bow and rested all that he could. The first stars were out. He did not know the name of Rigel but he saw it and knew soon they would all be out and he would have all his distant friends.'The fish is my friend too,' he said aloud. 'I have never seen or heard of such a fish. But I must kill him. I am glad we do not have to try to kill the stars.”