The sea had jeeringly kept his finite body up, but drowned the infinite of his soul. - ThreadSky

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mobydickatsea.bsky.social • 4 days ago

The sea had jeeringly kept his finite body up, but drowned the infinite of his soul.

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andromache6.bsky.social•4 days ago

Thank you for this.

zeemonkey.bsky.social•4 days ago

I love this shit. Good on y’all. May Moby Dick be one day as quoted as the KJV

al-fadaddy.bsky.social•4 days ago

I once read a fabulous article that argued that he wrote the book as he did to create an American verse and vernacular that rivalled, or at least lived up to, the King James bible.

As for myself, if I'm honest, like Clive James, the words clung to me like tar. Enjoying the posts however.