“Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it insulted me.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“To course across more kindly waters now
my talent's little vessel lifts her sails,
leaving behind herself a sea so cruel;
and what I sing will be that second kingdom,
in which the human soul is cleansed of sin,
becoming worthy of ascent to Heaven.”
― The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Volume 2: Purgatorio
my talent's little vessel lifts her sails,
leaving behind herself a sea so cruel;
and what I sing will be that second kingdom,
in which the human soul is cleansed of sin,
becoming worthy of ascent to Heaven.”
― The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Volume 2: Purgatorio
“They had their faces twisted toward their haunches and found it necessary to walk backward, because they could not see ahead of them. ...And since he wanted so to see ahead, he looks behind and walks a backward path.”
― The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
― The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
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