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“Squeeze! squeeze! squeeze! all the morning long; I squeezed that sperm till I myself almost melted into it; I squeezed that sperm till a strange sort of insanity came over me; and I found myself unwittingly squeezing my co-laborers’ hands in it, mistaking their hands for the gentle globules. Such an abounding, affectionate, friendly, loving feeling did this avocation beget; that at last I was continually squeezing their hands, and looking up into their eyes sentimentally; as much as to say, –Oh! my dear fellow beings, why should we longer cherish any social acerbities, or know the slightest ill-humor or envy! Come; let us squeeze hands all round; nay, let us all squeeze ourselves into each other; let us squeeze ourselves universally into the very milk and sperm of kindness. Would that I could keep squeezing that sperm for ever!” <-- from Moby-Dick: or the WHALE

"Originally misunderstood by contemporary audiences and critics..." as wikipedia puts it. Melville knew exactly what he was doing.

Date: 2009-10-03 11:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/xyzzzz__/
Lolz I was just posting about Harry Matthews' brilliant 'Singular Pleasures'

Date: 2009-10-03 12:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] boyofbadgers.livejournal.com
GAYEST BOOK EVER

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