Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand blubber-hunters sweep over thee in vain.
Herman Melville
Ocean Depth, Blubber Hunters, Vast Waves, Ocean, Depth, Hunters
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Life Experience | Resilience | Hell’s Origin | Battle | Sea Life | Pale Waters | Signs | Youth’s Time | Cheerful Fate | Savior | Quill | Decision | Self-denial | Mortal | Survival | Indifference | Genteel | Practical Perspective | Principle | Orphans | More
More Herman Melville Quotes
“It was while gliding through these latter waters that one serene and moonlight night, when all the waves rolled by like scrolls of silver; and, by their soft, suffusing seethings, made what seemed a silvery silence, not a solitude; on such a silent night a silvery jet was seen far in advance of the white bubbles at the bow.” Herman Melville
Moonlight Waves, Silvery Silence, Waves, Moonlight, Silence, Jet
Herman Melville Moonlight Waves, Silvery Silence, Waves, Moonlight, Silence, Jet“Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.” Herman Melville
Wisdom, Philosophy, Life’s Rules, Reflection, Sleep, Thought
Herman Melville Wisdom, Philosophy, Life’s Rules, Reflection, Sleep, Thought“Let me look into a human eye; it is better than to gaze into sea or sky; better than to gaze upon God.” Herman Melville
Human Connection, Profound Gaze, Soul Reflections, Life Perspective, Wisdom, Empathy
Herman Melville Human Connection, Profound Gaze, Soul Reflections, Life Perspective, Wisdom, Empathy“Some 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.” Herman Melville
Adventure, Travel, Exploration, Journey, Curiosity, Freedom
Herman Melville Adventure, Travel, Exploration, Journey, Curiosity, Freedom“Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.” Herman Melville
First Sight, Instant Truth, Friendship Love, Friendship, Love, Truth
Herman Melville First Sight, Instant Truth, Friendship Love, Friendship, Love, Truth“Over his ivory-inlaid table, Ahab presided like a mute, maned sea-lion on the white coral beach, surrounded by his warlike but still deferential cubs. In his own proper turn, each officer waited to be served.” Herman Melville
Ahab’s Table, Sea-lion Strength, Coral Beach, Warlike Cubs, Officer’s Respect, Quiet Authority
Herman Melville Ahab’s Table, Sea-lion Strength, Coral Beach, Warlike Cubs, Officer’s Respect, Quiet Authority“Love is both Creator’s and Saviour’s gospel to mankind; a volume bound in rose-leaves, clasped with violets, and by the beaks of humming-birds printed with peach-juice on the leaves of lilies.” Herman Melville
Love Gospel, Creator Savior, Rose Gospel, Love, Savior, Gospel
Herman Melville Love Gospel, Creator Savior, Rose Gospel, Love, Savior, Gospel“Besides, argued I, fasting makes the body cave in; hence the spirit caves in; and all thoughts born of a fast must necessarily be half-starved; and since then perpetuated through the hereditary dyspepsias nurtured by Ramadans.” Herman Melville
Fasting’s Effects, Half-starved Thoughts, Dyspeptic Beliefs, Spirit’s Struggle, Religious Fasting, Starving Body
Herman Melville Fasting’s Effects, Half-starved Thoughts, Dyspeptic Beliefs, Spirit’s Struggle, Religious Fasting, Starving Body“Book! you lie there; the fact is, you books must know your places.” Herman Melville
Books Place, Knowledge Roles, Books, Fact, Place, Role
Herman Melville Books Place, Knowledge Roles, Books, Fact, Place, Role“My means are sane, my motives and my object mad.” Herman Melville
Reason, Madness, Motivations, Sanity, Objectivity, Introspection
Herman Melville Reason, Madness, Motivations, Sanity, Objectivity, Introspection“Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.” Herman Melville
Truth, Honesty, Reality, Philosophy, Life’s Struggle, Integrity
Herman Melville Truth, Honesty, Reality, Philosophy, Life’s Struggle, Integrity“Youth is the time when hearts are large, And stirring wars Appeal to the spirit which appeals in turn To the blade it draws.” Herman Melville
Youth Wars, Stirring Hearts, Spirit Appeal, Youth, Wars, Spirit
Herman Melville Youth Wars, Stirring Hearts, Spirit Appeal, Youth, Wars, Spirit“But that darkness was licked up by the fierce flames, which at intervals forked forth from the sooty flues, and illuminated every lofty rope in the rigging, as with the famed Greek fire. The burning ship drove on, as if remorselessly commissioned to some vengeful deed.” Herman Melville
Fierce Flames, Burning Ship, Greek Fire, Flames, Ship, Fire
Herman Melville Fierce Flames, Burning Ship, Greek Fire, Flames, Ship, Fire“And what is it, thought I, after all! It’s only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin.” Herman Melville
Honest Skin, Inner Virtue, External Appearance, Honest, Skin, Virtue
Herman Melville Honest Skin, Inner Virtue, External Appearance, Honest, Skin, Virtue“Real 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 Melville
Strength, Beauty, Harmony, Magic, Power, Balance
Herman Melville Strength, Beauty, Harmony, Magic, Power, Balance“I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb.” Herman Melville
Writing, Guilt, Innocence, Book, Morality, Self-perception
Herman Melville Writing, Guilt, Innocence, Book, Morality, Self-perception“It is with fiction as with religion: it should present another world, and yet one to which we feel the tie.” Herman Melville
Fiction Religion, World Connection, Imaginative Reality, Fiction, Religion, Reality
Herman Melville Fiction Religion, World Connection, Imaginative Reality, Fiction, Religion, Reality“It is plain and demonstrable, that much ale is not good for Yankee, and operates differently upon them from what it does upon a Briton; ale must be drank in a fog and a drizzle.” Herman Melville
Cultural Ale, Drinking Effects, Weather Influence, Ale, Drinking, Weather
Herman Melville Cultural Ale, Drinking Effects, Weather Influence, Ale, Drinking, Weather