Monthly Archives: August 2014

Quotable Melville

  Herman Melville, on the Sisyphean task of novel writing: “….God keep me from ever completing anything. This whole book is but a draught- nay, but a draught of a draught. Oh, Time, Strength, Cash and Patience!” – Melville, Moby … Continue reading

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The library of never finished books

In his famous Sandman comics, author Neil Gaiman presents Lucien, Morpheus’ librarian, who watches over the library of the Dreaming- all the books that were dreamed of but never written. This reminds me of one of the peculiar burdens of … Continue reading

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