“…I noticed a woman whose face was a sea voyage I had not the courage to attempt.”
“There could be few men whose love for a woman had been written on his face with a knife.”
“O voyagers, O seamen,You who came to port, and you whose bodiesWill suffer the trial and judgement of the sea,Or whatever event, this is your real destination.'So Krishna, as when he admonished ArjunaOn the field of battle. Not fare well,But fare forward, voyagers.”
“She realized with deep respect that this woman had always done what she had to do and faced what she had to face. If many of her fears and burdens would have seemed unreal to another woman, there was nothing unreal about her courage.”
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”
“Make voyages. Attempt them. There's nothing else.”