#pg. 254

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Revenge is a feast for the gods! And if they have reserved it… to themselves, it is because they hold it an enjoyment too precious for the possession of mere mortals.

Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott, 1819

[maneatingbadger]

'Maybe you can teach us your secrets,' Pilotis said, and Billy answered, 'Sure. You just got to look ahead, see what's ahead.' He spoke that while staring toward the stern, watching where we'd been, and Pilotis said, 'Is it good to look back at the river?' And Billy, 'Why would you do that? You got to see ahead.' He worked on the beer, occasionally calling for a change in our course. He said, 'I'm blind in one eye.' Blind? I reached for the throttles. You've got only one good eye? 'It works. You've got two eyes, so you should see real good. You just got to learn to look ahead. Don't slow down. You want a beer anybody?'

William Least Heat-Moon, River Horse: The Logbook of a Boat across America