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Herman Melville Quotes

Herman Melville quotes about sea

American Novelist, Writer, Poet August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891

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Herman Melville quote: "At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that..."
At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect. Herman Melville
For in tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning men; well enough they know they are in peril; well enough they know the causes of that peril;--nevertheless, the sea is the sea, and these drowning men do drown. Herman Melville
Now small fowls flew screaming over the yet yawning gulf; a sullen white surf beat against its steep sides; then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago. Herman Melville
Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveliest tints of azure..... Consider all this; and then turn to this green, gentle , and most docile earth; consider them both, the sea and the land; and do you not find a strange analogy to something in yourself? Herman Melville
Herman Melville quote: "He offered a prayer so deeply devout that he seemed kneeling..."
He offered a prayer so deeply devout that he seemed kneeling and praying at the bottom of the sea. Herman Melville
Consider all this; and then turn to this green, gentle, and most docile earth; consider them both, the sea and the land; and do you not find a strange analogy to something in yourself? Herman Melville
Herman Melville quote: "Man has lost that sense of the full awfulness of the sea which..."
Man has lost that sense of the full awfulness of the sea which aboriginally belongs to it. Herman Melville
There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath. Herman Melville
From beneath his slouched hat Ahab dropped a tear into the sea; nor did all the Pacific contain such wealth as that one wee drop. Herman Melville
How I snuffed that Tartar air!--how I spurned that turnpike earth!--that common highway all over dented with the marks of slavish heels and hoofs; and turned me to admire the magnanimity of the sea which will permit no records. Herman Melville

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