The Felt Leaning

In the movie, Moby Dick (1956), Father Mapple (Orson Welles) gives an inspiring sermon about Jonah and the whale.

So fresh.

Above the green plateau there is always grief,
which, inspired, becomes the breath of life.

—Gary J. Whitehead, from “Ararat” (via proustitute)

My God, a moment of bliss. Why, isn’t that enough for a whole lifetime?

—Fyodor Dostoevsky (via likeafieldmouse), White Nights