truly to enjoy bodily warmth, some small part of you must be cold, for…

Herman Melville
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truly to enjoy bodily warmth, some small part of you must be cold, for there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself. If you flatter yourself that you are all over comfortable, and have been so a long time, then you cannot be said to be comfortable any more. ✨ Herman Melville (2006). Moby Dick, the Whale: Easyread Comfort Edition, p.87, ReadHowYouWant.com
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