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“one of the finest sights that I have ever seen, was an albatross asleep upon the water, during a calm, off Cape Horn, when a heavy sea was running. There being no breeze, the surface of the water was unbroken, but a long, heavy swell was rolling, and we saw the fellow, all white, directly ahead of us, asleep upon the waves, with his head under his wing; now rising on the top of a huge billow, and then falling slowly until he was lost in the hollow between. He was undisturbed for some time, until the noise of our bows, gradually approaching, roused him, when, lifting his head, he stared upon us for a moment, and then spread his wide wings and took his flight.”
― Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea
― Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea
“Isn’t it time that, loving, we freed ourselves
from the beloved, and, trembling, endured:
as the arrow endures the bow, so as to be,
in its flight, something more than itself?”
― Duino Elegies
from the beloved, and, trembling, endured:
as the arrow endures the bow, so as to be,
in its flight, something more than itself?”
― Duino Elegies
“It is not all pleasure this exploration.”
― The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death: 1869-1873
― The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death: 1869-1873
“Something about the cold always makes me feel young again.”
― Life After Death
― Life After Death
“In the fashion industry, everything goes retro except the prices.”
― Killosophy
― Killosophy
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