I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb.
Herman MelvilleTags: on-writing
I try all things, I achieve what I can.
Herman MelvilleTags: moby-dick
Our souls are like those orphans whose unwedded mothers die in bearing them: the secret of our paternity lies in their grave, and we must there to learn it.
Herman Melvilleand I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Herman MelvilleTo produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
Herman MelvilleTags: writing
At length I fell asleep, with the volume in my hand; and never slept so sound before
Herman MelvilleIn truth, a mature man who uses hair oil, unless medicinally, that man has probably got a quoggy spot in him somewhere.
Herman MelvilleI would prefer not to.
Herman MelvilleTags: secret mystery ego melville nobody puzzle
Call me Ishmael.
Herman MelvilleTags: first-sentence opening-lines introduction sobriquet
Woe to him whom this world charms from Gospel duty. Woe to him who seeks to pour oil upon the waters when God has brewed them into a gale. Woe to him who seeks to please rather than to appal. Woe to him whose good name is more to him than goodness. Woe to him who, in this world, courts not dishonor! Woe to him who would not be true, even though to be false were salvation. Yea, woe to him who, as the great Pilot Paul has it, while preaching to others is himself a castaway.
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