There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.
HERMAN MELVILLEThere is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.
HERMAN MELVILLENature is nobody’s ally.
HERMAN MELVILLEWe are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below.
HERMAN MELVILLEFailure is the test of greatness.
HERMAN MELVILLEThe eyes are the gateway to the soul.
HERMAN MELVILLEIn a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
HERMAN MELVILLEYou cannot hide the soul.
HERMAN MELVILLEThere are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
HERMAN MELVILLEThere’s magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.
HERMAN MELVILLEThe path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
HERMAN MELVILLEIt is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
HERMAN MELVILLEHeaven have mercy on us all – Presbyterians and Pagans alike – for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.
HERMAN MELVILLEWhen among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
HERMAN MELVILLEDream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.
HERMAN MELVILLEReal strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it, and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.
HERMAN MELVILLETo produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
HERMAN MELVILLE