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God help thee, old man, thy thoughts have created a creature in thee; and he whose intense thinking thus makes him a Prometheus; a vulture feeds upon that heart for ever; that vulture the very creature he creates.

God help thee, old man, thy thoughts have created a creature in thee; and he whose intense thinking thus makes him a Prometheus; a vulture feeds upon that heart for ever; that vulture the very creature he creates.

Herman Melville
Heart, Men, Thinking
Herman Melville (2008). “Moby-Dick”, p.224, Velvet Element Books

Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale... from hell's heart I stab at thee.

Herman Melville
Heart, Whales, Sea
Moby Dick ch. 135 (1851)

Thou saw'st the locked lovers when leaping from their flaming ship; heart to heart they sank beneath the exulting wave; true to each other, when heaven seemed false to them.

Herman Melville
Heart, Heaven, Ships
Herman Melville (2015). “Moby Dick: Top 100 Classic Novels”, p.257, 谷月社

If I had been downright honest with myself, I would have seen very plainly in my heart that I did but half fancy being committed this way to so long a voyage, without once laying my eyes on the man who was to be the absolute dictator of it, so soon as the ship sailed out upon the open sea. But when a man suspects any wrong, it sometimes happens that if he be already involved in the matter, he insensibly strives to cover up his suspicions even from himself. And much this way it was with me. I said nothing, and tried to think nothing.

Herman Melville
Eye, Heart, Men
Herman Melville (2008). “Moby-Dick”, p.108, Velvet Element Books

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