Ivey Peters

“It is not down on any map; true places never are.”
― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

“Behind their dark glass, the mad own nothing.”
― Penelope Fitzgerald, Charlotte Mew

“The prince of darkness is a gentleman!”
― William Shakespeare, King Lear

“Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off--then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship.”
― Herman Melville, Moby Dick