"This book is about the most dangerous occupation on earth: king crab fishing off the coast of Alaska." Introduction, pg. xv

"Once aboard the helicopter, their joy at being rescued was short-lived when, only a short distance up the beach, the copter pilot came upon the bodies of the heroic young skipper Tom Miller and Tom Davidson." Prologue, pg. xxiii

"I'd arrived in Kodiak with twenty dollars to my name, but I held one ace card. I had the address and phone number of crab-boat skipper Mike Jones." Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 1, pg. 3

"Then I fell off to sleep, dead away." Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 3, pg. 27

"I'd failed him bitterly, as well as my crewmates, and my self-loathing went beyond shame." Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry...