"'Your father is a rich man. My father was a poor man whose name I do not know. From the time I could walk I have done something and in my life I have done many things and what I have done I talk about truthfully. So guard your tongue, mate."' - Gaspar Ruiz the Sevillano, Chapter 3, pg. 20

"'Yes, the shark you saw this morning and many small fish. They are all friends and they listen and when he comes back they tell him everything, everything."' - Soto Luzan, Chapter 5, pg. 33

"'Some say that he takes the shape of an octopus and seeks out those pearlers who have done him a wrong or spoken ill of him. It is also said that he takes the shape of a human and goes into La Paz and seeks his enemies there in the streets and sometimes even in...