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quote 2016-01-05 03:45

So ignorant are most landsmen of some of the plainest and most palpable wonders of the world, that without some hints touching the plain facts, historical or otherwise, of the fishery, they might scout at Moby-Dick as a monstrous fable, or still worse and more detestable, a hideous and intolerable allegory.

Melville, Herman. "Chapter 45 The Affadavit." Moby-Dick. Ed. Charles Child Walcutt. 1967 ed. New York: Bantam, 2003. 670. Print.

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quote 2015-12-05 03:15

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Long usage [of his lance] had, for this Stubb, converted the jaws of death into an easy chair. What he thought of death itself, there is no telling. Whether he thought of it at all, might be a question...

Melville, Herman. "Chapter 27 Knights and Squires." Moby-Dick. Ed. Charles Child Walcutt. 1967 ed. New York: Bantam, 2003. 670. Print.

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quote 2015-09-17 11:23

want a real life adventure? come to Australia we have spiders bigger than your hand. — feeling evil grin

I've earned that in situations like this, best thing to do is be like a hedgehog - curl up into a ball and wait for everything to settle down. Failing that, be like a badger - attack everything wildly, biting and scratching as much as you can.

Made me rather amused.

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review 2015-07-17 08:37

A Love for the Written Word

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”

"You just hold your head high and be a gentleman. Whatever she says to you, it's your job not to let her make you mad"

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.''

“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.''

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review 2015-05-03 09:34

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“Six days, and I have eaten nothing. It is night. I am sitting in my chair. Ah, God! I wonder have any ever felt the horror of life that I have come to know? I am swathed in terror. I feel ever the burning of this dread growth. It has covered all my right arm and side, and is beginning to creep up my neck. To-morrow, it will eat into my face. I shall become a terrible mass of living corruption. There is no escape."

The House on the Borderland - William Hope Hodgson

The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson Review to come.

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