/lit/ - Literature

>>13623608
>TFW my fiancee and I just discussed how her recent dream was analogous to Plato's Cave

>>13626495
Too bad, you might have to step outside of your comfort zone to have a real discussion with her.

>“The ship seems to be deserted except for this Capellean,” Fogg said. “Very strange. But doubtless it can be explained. This seems to be a brigantine. And it’s going on the starboard tack.”
>“Pardon, sir?”
>“With the wind from the right. The jib and foremast staysails are set on the starboard tack. The ship is headed westward.”
>“Jib? Foremast staysail, sir?”
>“The headsails. At the front of the ship. The two middle sails, those triangular-shaped ones, attached to the long boom projecting from the nose of the ship. The lower fore-topsail, the fourth from the bottom of the main mast, seems to have been set, but its head has been torn, probably by the wind.
>“The foresail and upper fore-topsail are missing. I would judge that they have been blown from the yards. The main staysail, the lowest of the three triangular sails attached between the two masts, is down. It’s that heap on the forward house. The aftersails have been removed. All other sails are furled, even the fore-and-aft sails. The main peak halyards, ropes for lowering and raising the sails, have been broken. Most of them are gone. Before the mainsail can be set, the halyards will have to be repaired. The seas are somewhat heavy, but the ship is not yawing much, that is, changing direction. But we can inspect the ship at a later time. I’m telling you this now so you’ll have some idea of what to do if I don’t return.”
>That was not nearly enough for him to know what to do, Passepartout thought.

i personally tend to skip all the sail descriptions as soon as i understand if the ship had many or few of them up

oh. it's not jules verne btw

A few of my favorites:
Nothing Like the First Time - George Watsky
The Quiet World - Jeffrey McDaniel
Bluebird - Charles Bukowski
Sonnet XVII - Pablo Neruda
Bag of Mice - Nick Flynn

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