The drama’s done. Why then here does any one step forth? – Because one did survive the wreck.
Herman Melville
Surviving Wreck, Drama End, Life Continuation, Drama, Wreck, Life
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More Herman Melville Quotes
“Zeal is not of necessity religion, neither is it always of the same essence with poetry or patriotism.” Herman Melville
Zeal Religion, Poetic Essence, Patriot Zeal, Religion, Poetry, Patriot
Herman Melville Zeal Religion, Poetic Essence, Patriot Zeal, Religion, Poetry, Patriot“Vengeance on a dumb brute!” cried Starbuck, “that simply smote thee from blindest instinct! Madness! To be enraged with a dumb thing, Captain Ahab, seems blasphemous.” Herman Melville
Dumb Vengeance, Starbuck Reason, Blind Instinct, Vengeance, Reason, Instinct
Herman Melville Dumb Vengeance, Starbuck Reason, Blind Instinct, Vengeance, Reason, Instinct“The first boat we read of, floated on an ocean, that with Portuguese vengeance had whelmed a whole world without leaving so much as a widow. That same ocean rolls now; that same ocean destroyed the wrecked ships of last year. Yea, foolish mortals, Noah’s flood is not yet subsided; two thirds of the fair world it yet covers.” Herman Melville
Historical Truths, Nature’s Power, World History, Disasters, Lessons Learned, Floods
Herman Melville Historical Truths, Nature’s Power, World History, Disasters, Lessons Learned, Floods“Aye, aye! and I’ll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition’s flames before I give him up.” Herman Melville
Chase, Perseverance, Obsession, Determination, Victory, Adventure
Herman Melville Chase, Perseverance, Obsession, Determination, Victory, Adventure“This divineness had that in it which, though commanding worship, at the same time enforced a certain nameless terror.” Herman Melville
Divinity, Worship, Fear, Terror, Power, Sacredness
Herman Melville Divinity, Worship, Fear, Terror, Power, Sacredness“Go to the meat-market of a Saturday night and see the crowds of live bipeds staring up at the long rows of dead quadrupeds. Does not that sight take a tooth out of the cannibal’s jaw?” Herman Melville
Meat Market, Saturday Night, Cannibal Tooth, Market, Cannibal, Night
Herman Melville Meat Market, Saturday Night, Cannibal Tooth, Market, Cannibal, Night“It may seem strange that of all men sailors should be tinkering at their last wills and testaments, but there are no people in the world more fond of that diversion.” Herman Melville
Sailors, Death, Wills, Life’s Uncertainties, Irony, Reflection
Herman Melville Sailors, Death, Wills, Life’s Uncertainties, Irony, Reflection“A wild, mystical, sympathetical feeling was in me; Ahab’s quenchless feud seemed mine. With greedy ear I learned the history of that murderous monster against whom I and all the others had taken our oaths of violence and revenge.” Herman Melville
Mystical Feeling, Ahab’s Feud, Violence And Revenge, Obsession, Violence, Mystical
Herman Melville Mystical Feeling, Ahab’s Feud, Violence And Revenge, Obsession, Violence, Mystical“Oh, boys, don’t be sentimental; it’s bad for the digestion!” Herman Melville
Sentimental Avoidance, Health Advice, Sentimental, Health, Digestion, Avoidance
Herman Melville Sentimental Avoidance, Health Advice, Sentimental, Health, Digestion, Avoidance“He says NO! In thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes.” Herman Melville
Devil Thunder, Thunder No, Devil Yes, Devil, Thunder, No
Herman Melville Devil Thunder, Thunder No, Devil Yes, Devil, Thunder, No“All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys, The champions and enthusiasts of the state: Turbid ardors and vain joys Not barrenly abate – Stimulants to the power mature, Preparatives of fate.” Herman Melville
Wars, Youth, Philosophy, Violence, Masculinity, Conflict
Herman Melville Wars, Youth, Philosophy, Violence, Masculinity, Conflict“Now, that Lazarus should lie stranded there on the curbstone before the door of Dives, this is more wonderful than that an iceberg should be moored to one of the Moluccas. Yet Dives himself, he too lives like a Czar in an ice palace made of frozen sighs, and being a president of a temperance society, he only drinks the tepid tears of orphans.” Herman Melville
Lazarus, Wealth, Poverty, Irony, Social Critique, Morality
Herman Melville Lazarus, Wealth, Poverty, Irony, Social Critique, Morality“Pierre little foresaw that this world hath a secret deeper than beauty, and Life some burdens heavier than death.” Herman Melville
World Secret, Life Burdens, Beauty Depth, World, Life, Beauty
Herman Melville World Secret, Life Burdens, Beauty Depth, World, Life, Beauty“No man prefers to sleep two in a bed. In fact, you would a good deal rather not sleep with your own brother. I don’t know how it is, but people like to be private when they are sleeping.” Herman Melville
Private Sleep, Bed Sharing, People’s Privacy, Sleeping Alone, Personal Space, Sleep Habits
Herman Melville Private Sleep, Bed Sharing, People’s Privacy, Sleeping Alone, Personal Space, Sleep Habits“Faith and philosophy are air, but events are brass.” Herman Melville
Faith Philosophy, Event Reality, Practical Perspective, Faith, Philosophy, Events
Herman Melville Faith Philosophy, Event Reality, Practical Perspective, Faith, Philosophy, Events“Be sure of this, O young ambition, all mortal greatness is but disease.” Herman Melville
Mortal Greatness, Young Ambition, Disease Of Greatness, Ambition, Greatness, Disease
Herman Melville Mortal Greatness, Young Ambition, Disease Of Greatness, Ambition, Greatness, Disease“Ah, God! what trances of torments does that man endure who is consumed with one unachieved revengeful desire.” Herman Melville
Revenge, Torment, Desire, Suffering, Unforgiveness, Mental Anguish
Herman Melville Revenge, Torment, Desire, Suffering, Unforgiveness, Mental Anguish“The great God absolute! The centre and circumference of all democracy! His omnipresence, our divine equality!” Herman Melville
Spiritual Beliefs, Divine Equality, Democracy, Faith, Omnipresence, Universal Truth
Herman Melville Spiritual Beliefs, Divine Equality, Democracy, Faith, Omnipresence, Universal Truth