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Day 11

Herman Melville: Moby Dick

A book that needs no introduction.

When I first started to read it, I felt a certain reluctance. Usually, I never have issues stepping into the protagonist's shoes. With Ismael, I struggled at first, because of his profession (not his original one: teacher), but

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"Here’s food for thought, had Ahab time to think; but Ahab never thinks; he only feels, feels, feels"

"That mortal man should feed upon the creature that feeds his lamp"

"The universe is finished; the copestone is on, and the chips were carted off a million years ago."