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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Herman Melville, "Moby Dick": "Quand je me sens des plis amers autour de la bouche, quand mon âme est un bruineux et dégoulinant novembre, quand je me surprends arrêté devant une boutique de pompes funèbres ou suivant chaque enterrement que je rencontre, et surtout lorsque mon cafard prend tellement le dessus que je dois me tenir à quatre pour ne pas, délibérément, descendre dans la rue pour y envoyer dinguer les chapeaux des gens, je comprends alors qu’il est grand temps de prendre le large."

Herman Melville, "Moby Dick": “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.”











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