Ep-i-graph: noun:
- a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme.
“Several years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.”– H. Melville (Moby Dick)
Melville nailed it for me—this was exactly the quote I was looking for to introduce my sea adventure memoir, “Because We Could”. Raised on the shores of Ontario’s Kawartha Lakes, by twenty-five I longed for the more vast and mysterious. I wanted our puny 1-inch leaches to turn into 6-foot eels; muskellunge to barracudas; waves from ankle-lickers to frothing A-frames. I wanted to enter Mother Ocean’s parlor where we could sip on vintage salt water and converse about her wonders.
Melville nailed it for me—this was exactly the quote I was looking for to introduce my sea adventure memoir, “Because We Could”. Raised on the shores of Ontario’s Kawartha Lakes, by twenty-five I longed for the more vast and mysterious. I wanted our puny 1-inch leaches to turn into 6-foot eels; muskellunge to barracudas; waves from ankle-lickers to frothing A-frames. I wanted to enter Mother Ocean’s parlor where we could sip on vintage salt water and converse about her wonders.
I have used epigraphs at the beginning of each of my chapters. It is fun to search for the perfect quote in songs, poetry, novels, on t-shirts, license plates, and raunchy pub stalls. There actually exists 2,000-year-old quotes from Cleopatra, and they are sly and saucy.
“Because We Could: A Memoir”
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“Because We Could: A Memoir”
www.amzn.com/B00MJQTGRG (the two 00 are zeros)
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