Author: Peter Nichols

Cites

• C. P. Cavafy (1)
  • IN: The Rocks (2015) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: As you set out for Ithaka hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians, Cyclops, angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them... Keep Ithaka always in your mind. Arriving there is what you’re destined for. But don’t hurry the journey at all. Better if it lasts for years, so you’re old by the time you reach the island, wealthy with all you’ve gained on the way, not expecting Ithaka to make you rich. Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey. Without her you wouldn't have set out.
    FROM: Ithaka, (1911), Poem, Egypt