God help thee, old man, thy thoughts have created a creature in thee; …

Herman Melville
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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. ✨ Herman Melville (2008). Moby-Dick, p.224, Velvet Element Books
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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. ✨ Herman Melville (2008). Moby-Dick, p.224, Velvet Element Books

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