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Yozo, discussing his new “friend” from Art class: “We were of one species if only in that we were both disoriented.”

Yozo’s insistence on his “other”-ness is really quite a riot, considering so many young people—especially those who have just begun college—feel disconnected from their peers, like they are the only ones that feel a certain way. Yet, this is untrue; it makes Yozo akin to his peers.

Just came across a funny (and accurate) observation by Yozo, the narrator. It reads:
“Long personal experience had taught me that when a woman bursts into hysterics, the way to restore her spirits is to give her something sweet.”

Loving the rich characterization of Starbuck in Chapter 25 (Knights and Squires). He is described as such:

“Uncommonly conscientious for a seaman, and endued with a deep natural reverence, the wild watery loneliness fo his life did therefore strongly incline him to superstition; but to that sort of superstition, which in some organizations seems rather to spring, somehow, from intelligence than from ignorance.”

Currently pondering whether Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: the 1818 text is about to supplant the novel I’ve touted as my “favorite book” for nearly a decade.
This edition of Frankenstein truly is that good. I’m completely enthralled.

Currently 1/3rd of the way done with this book of short stories. Thus far, my opinion is that it began strong with a very compelling first story, but has since petered out a bit.