How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Section.Page)
Quote #10
[…] as the sea moves round an island/that appears to be moving, love moves round the heart—/with encircling salt, and the slowly travelling hand/knows it returns to the port from which it must start. (LVIII.ii.291)
Is this the best few lines of Omeros? We think it's possible. Think about Achille's love of the sea and how it anchors him to his island, or how Hector literally can't live without his connection to the land. The narrator gets schooled by Seven Seas/Omeros about the reason for his journeys and his commission to write about his island. It's all about the deep love for the place and the people who live there.