“ The world of books and bookish folk is very vague, more like a dream memory than an actuality. I surely have hunted and forayed and fought all the days of my life. ”
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf (1904). copy citation
| Author | Jack London |
|---|---|
| Source | The Sea-Wolf |
| Topic | memory books |
| Date | 1904 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1074/1074-h/1074-h.htm |
Context
“I set the sail, laid one tack out of the cove, and on the other tack made our own little inner cove.
“ It’s just like home-coming, ”
I heard her words with a responsive thrill, it was all so dearly intimate and natural, and I said:
“ It seems as though I have lived this life always. The world of books and bookish folk is very vague, more like a dream memory than an actuality. I surely have hunted and forayed and fought all the days of my life. And you, too, seem a part of it. You are— ” “ my woman, my mate, ” but glibly changed it to— “ standing the hardship well. ” She recognized a flight that midmost broke. She gave me a quick look.
“ Not that.” source
“ It’s just like home-coming, ”
I heard her words with a responsive thrill, it was all so dearly intimate and natural, and I said:
“ It seems as though I have lived this life always. The world of books and bookish folk is very vague, more like a dream memory than an actuality. I surely have hunted and forayed and fought all the days of my life. And you, too, seem a part of it. You are— ” “ my woman, my mate, ” but glibly changed it to— “ standing the hardship well. ” She recognized a flight that midmost broke. She gave me a quick look.
“ Not that.” source
