Status Updates From Ithaka

"As you set out on the way to Ithaca
hope that the road is a long one."

BAM! It begins against all expectations. Not a short road but a long one, is wished for the reader. These opening lines are genius and full of wisdom.

No, I'm not a slow reader. I'm just reading this over and over again. I hear there's an audio version with Sean Connery reading it. That would distract me too much with the richness of his voice. I once had a professor whose accent lulled me that way. I can't to this day remember a single thing had to say though I was enthralled.