“Fishermen, no matter what supreme good fortune befalls them, cannot ever be absolutely satisfied. It is a fundamental weakness of intellect.” MatterSeaWeaknessRiversNo Matter WhatFundamentalsFortuneFishesIntellectSupremeSatisfiedBoatLakesFishingGood FortuneFisherman Book:Tales of Fishing Virgin Sea Source: Tales of Fishing Virgin Sea
“Captain Ahab was a man possessed with an obsessional drive to pursue the white whale which had harmed him - which had torn his leg out - to the ends of the Earth, no matter what happened. In the final scene of the novel, Captain Ahab is being borne out to sea, wrapped around the white whale with the rope of his own harpoon and going obviously to his death. It was a scene of almost suicidal finality.” MenEndsMatterEarthWhiteNovelHappenedSeaSceneNo Matter WhatFinalsLegsPursuePossessedCaptainsTornSuicidalRopeWhalesFinalityAhab Author:Edward Said
“No matter what terror the earth could produce - winds, seas - a person could produce the same, lived with the same, lived with all that mixed-up nature swirling inside, every bit. There was nothing as complex in the world - no flower or stone - as a single hello from a human being.” WorldHumansPersonsMatterEarthBitsHuman BeingsSeaProduceWindFlowerStonesNo Matter WhatComplexesTerrorHello Book:The Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore Source: The Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore