#w

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

#awful #beneath #gently #hidden #knows

Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death. ↗

— Herman Melville

#always #aught #death #less #life

Some dying men are the most tyrannical; and certainly, since they will shortly trouble us so little for evermore, the poor fellows ought to be indulged. ↗

— Herman Melville

#dying #evermore #fellows #indulged #little

It was a lot of fun being a child actress. It suited me. I don't think it suits everybody, but I was in it because I had a passion, not because my parents wanted me to make money. If other kids want to do it, and they really like acting, go for it. ↗

— Alanna Ubach

#actress #because #being #child #everybody

Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges. ↗

— Herman Melville

#edges #ragged #told #truth #will

A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard. ↗

— Herman Melville

#harvard #ship #whale #yale

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it. ↗

— Herman Melville

#choose #enduring #ever #flea #great

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things. ↗

— Herman Melville

#brings #doing #fortune #things #whatever

Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the Truth and go to the Soup Societies. Heavens! Let any clergyman try to preach the Truth from its very stronghold, the pulpit, and they would ride him out of his church on his own pulpit bannister. ↗

— Herman Melville

#church #clergyman #get #go #heavens

At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect. ↗

— Herman Melville

#fellow #like #out #respect #salt