Which sentence or phrase reflects the theme that nature is indifferent to the troubles of man in this excerpt from "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane?

(There is a certain immovable quality to a shore), and (the correspondent wondered at it amid the confusion of the sea)

(It seemed also very attractive, but the correspondent knew that it was a long journey,) and (he paddled leisurely.) (The piece of life preserver lay
under him), and (sometimes he whirled down the incline of a wave as if he were on a hand sled.)