Despite the fact that the voyage was dreary, his heart swells with emotion when he looks back on their time on the sea, "On the sea, you have all the time in the world. On the ocean, you can see more than twice as many stars as you can on land and the faint glow of plankton washed up onto the deck is such a beautiful sight."
雖然長航不免單調，劉寧生說起海上的日子依然充滿感情，「在海上，擁有的是全世界的時間；在海上，看過的星星要比在陸地上一輩子還多；在海上，當海水帶來浮游生物在甲板上，螢光淡淡，美極了。」