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Herman Melville

American writer and poet

1819–1891

37 quotes, most often on Writing, Truth & Lies and Philosophy.

Yes, as every one knows, meditation and water are wedded for ever.
Moby-Dick (1851), Chapter IIn context
- Nature
- Thinking
O Nature, and O soul of man! how far beyond all utterance are your linked analogies! not the smallest atom stirs or lives on matter, but has its cunning duplicate in mind.
Moby-Dick (1851), Chapter LXXIn context
- Nature
- Philosophy
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.
Moby-Dick (1851), Chapter CXXXVIn context
- Nature
- Time

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