"You've got to fight fire with fire. Just like you caseharden a nail to make it stronger, or fire a pot in the fiery furnace to make it last. It takes the second baptism to see you through."
p. 6

"I have never worked before or since as on that ship. I was more than myself, and better than myself. It seemed I became the work and was no longer me at all."
p. 42

"He wanted to work and do. I could see it was a pain for him to talk to strangers, and to tell about hisself. He was comfortable with his broad hands and shoulders. I felt if I could touch him, I would feel calm too, and things might work out in the future."
p. 45

"Sometimes I think we only recollect what we have remembered before. What we recall is having recalled something already, so our...