“Some boats are rotten in the ports; some boats shine in the hard journeys!”

“The boat is safer anchored at the port; but that’s not the aim of boats.”

“Grandfather Razini stole it from a port in Newsensefords a couple of years ago."She raised her brows."How do you steal a boat?""I have no idea, but I'd love to try it some time.”

“Guru is not the goal. Anyone who establishes himself as a guru to be worshipped is not a guru. Guru is like a boat for crossing the river. It is important to have a good boat and it is very dangerous to have a boat that is leaking. The boat brings you across the river. When the river is crossed the boat is no longer necessary. You don't hang onto the boat after completing the journey, and you certainly don't worship the boat.”

“Sunrise is a necessary concomitant of long railway journeys, like hard-boiled eggs, illustrated papers, packs of cards, rivers upon which boats strain but make no progress.”

“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.”