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The Master, upon this, put his hand underneath the skirts of his coat, and brought out his flute in three pieces, which he screwed together, and began immediately to play. My impression is, after many years of consideration, that there
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“I would rather feel your spine than your skull, whoever you are. A thin joist of a spine never yet upheld a full and noble soul. I rejoice in my spine, as in the firm audacious staff of that flag which I fling half out to the world.”
― Moby Dick
― Moby Dick
“any human thing supposed to be complete, must for that very reason infallibly be faulty.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“Oh, man! admire and model thyself after the whale! Do thou, too, remain warm among ice. Do thou, too, live in this world without being of it. Be cool at the equator; keep thy blood fluid at the Pole. Like the great dome of St. Peter’s, and like the great whale, retain, O man! in all seasons a temperature of thine own.”
― Moby-Dick
― Moby-Dick
“What’s his name?” “Hercule Poirot.” “I’ve heard of him. I thought he was dead.” “He’s not dead. But I have a feeling he’s bored. That’s worse.”
― The Clocks
― The Clocks
“For I believe that much of a man’s character will be found betokened in his backbone.”
― Moby Dick
― Moby Dick
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