The whale

"It was a terrific, most pitiable, and maddening sight. The whale was now going head out, and sending his spout before him in a continual tormented jet; while his one poor fin beat his side in an agony of fright. Now to this hand, now to that, he yawed in his faltering flight, and still at every billow that he broke, he spasmodically sank in the sea, or sideways rolled towards the sky his one beating fin. So have I seen a bird with clipped wing, making affrighted broken circle in the air, vainly striving to escape the piratical hawks. But the bird has a voice, and with plaintive cries will make known her fear; but the fear of this vast dumb brute of the sea, was chained up and enchanted in him; he had no voice, save that choking respiration through his spiracle, and this made the sight of him unspeakably pitiable; while still, in his amazing bulk, portcullis jaw, and omnipotent tail, there was enough to appal the stoutest man who so pitied."  -  Moby-Dick

My book review has been a long time in coming, because I've been trying to edit and abridge it, without detracting from it.  However, I do hope to post the review soon.  In the meanwhile, I will occasionally post some of what I thought were the best, most interesting, or most important quotes from the book.

Soon I will also post a book review for Nutcracker and Mouse King by E. T. A. Hoffmann, as well as The Tale of the Nutcracker by Alexandre Dumas.  :) 

And hopefully, I'll be posting some less bookish posts pretty soon, and another entry(s) for Darby's Paper Doll Event.  The deadline is still a few days away, so it's not too late to enter!  :)