"And who is Tribonnora," said Babbalanja, "that he thus bravely diverts himself, running down innocent paddlers?"
"A harum-scarum young chief," replied Media, "heir to three islands; he likes nothing better than the sport you now see see him at."
"He must be possessed by a devil," said Mohi.
Said Babbalanja, "Then he is only like all of us."

Mardi/Volume I/Chapter CIV

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But then again, we were taken for phantoms, not flesh and blood. Mardi/Volume I/Chapter XXVIII Happy #MelvilleMonday, dear friends!
“I but put that brow before you. Read it if you can.” #MelvilleMonday
#MelvilleMonday 🐳 „When roaring below The cataracts go, And tempests are over me scudding; Give, give me the calm That is better than balm, And the courage that keepeth new-budding.“ Herman Melville
“…all that we call lives and souls, lie dreaming, dreaming, still; tossing like slumberers in their beds; the ever-rolling waves but made so by their restlessness.” #MelvilleMonday

“In heaven’s name, man,” cried Stubb, “are you ramming home a cartridge there?—Avast! How will that help him; jamming that iron-bound bucket on top of his head? Avast, will ye!”

Moby Dick LXXVIII.

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Looking further off from the side, we saw an arm thrust upright from the blue waves; a sight strange to see, as an arm thrust forth from the grass over a grave. Moby Dick. LXXVIII. Happy #MelvilleMonday, dear friends!
#MelvilleMonday 🐳 … „her memories of him beating at ‚the grassy cliffs of her consciousness like a roaring sea in a storm‘“ #SatantangoTogether VI THE WORK OF THE SPIDER II The Devil's Tit, Satantango

But what I want to learn from you, barber, is, how does the mere handling of the outside of men's heads lead you to distrust the inside of their hearts?

The Confidence Man. XLIII

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