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

“This was an evil beyond thinking. The killing of a man was not so evil as the killing of a boat. For a boat does not have sons, and a boat cannot protect itself, and a wounded boat does not heal.”

“A boat is always safe in the harbor, but that's not what boats are built for.”

“Pete and Repeat are in a boat, Pete jumps out who's left in the boat?”

“What happened?" he demanded. "I heard an explosion!"

"Yeah. That was me. I set the boat alight."

"What?"

"I set fire to the boat."

"But we're on the boat!"

"I know.”

“To a man standing on the shore, time passes quicker than to a man on a boat — especially if the man on the boat is with his wife.”

“You stole a boat,” she snapped. “What am I doing with you, you boat-stealing lunatic?”

“Everything on a boat has a different name than it would have if it weren't on a boat. Either this is ancient seafaring tradition or it's how people who mess around with boats try to impress the rest of us who actually finished college.”

“Time is a river, and books are boats.”

“We Are All in the Same Boat.”