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> [“Living in the here and now, we are awash with sensations of the present, memories of the past, and expectations and fears for the future. Our actions are not determined by any one cause; they are the fulfillment of who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-philbrick/living-in-the-here-and-now-we-are-awash-with-sensations-of-the/)

[Nathaniel Philbrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-philbrick/)

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> [“We interact with one another as individuals responding to a complex haze of factors: professional responsibilities, personal likes and dislikes, ambition, jealousy, self-interest, and, in at least some instances, genuine altruism. Living in the here and now, we are awash…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-philbrick/we-interact-with-one-another-as-individuals-responding-to-a-complex/)

[Nathaniel Philbrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-philbrick/)

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## More by Nathaniel Philbrick

> [In the years to come, the combination of climate change and population growth could have a devastating effect on the planet and, needless to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-philbrick/in-the-years-to-come-the-combination-of-climate-change-and-population/)

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> [“A Puritan believed it was necessary to venture back to the absolute beginning of Christianity, before the church had been corrupted by centuries of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-philbrick/a-puritan-believed-it-was-necessary-to-venture-back-to-the-absolute/)

[Nathaniel Philbrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-philbrick/)

> [People think I live here on Nantucket and just gaze at the ocean, getting my inspiration. Not so. I work in my basement and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-philbrick/people-think-i-live-here-on-nantucket-and-just-gaze-at-the-ocean/)

[Nathaniel Philbrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-philbrick/)

> [“No matter how much the inhabitants might try to hide it, there was a savagery about this island, a bloodlust and pride that bound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-philbrick/no-matter-how-much-the-inhabitants-might-try-to-hide-it-there-was-a/)

[Nathaniel Philbrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-philbrick/)

> [“Living in the here and now, we are awash with sensations of the present, memories of the past, and expectations and fears for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-philbrick/living-in-the-here-and-now-we-are-awash-with-sensations-of-the/)

[Nathaniel Philbrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-philbrick/)

> [“In a letter hastily written to a friend in London, Cushman saw only doom and disaster ahead. “Friend, if ever we make a plantation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-philbrick/in-a-letter-hastily-written-to-a-friend-in-london-cushman-saw-only/)

[Nathaniel Philbrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-philbrick/)

> [If you live on Nantucket, you can't avoid its history, and 'Moby Dick' is the way most of us get into Nantucket's history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-philbrick/if-you-live-on-nantucket-you-can-t-avoid-its-history-and-moby-dick-is/)

[Nathaniel Philbrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-philbrick/)

> [As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-philbrick/as-an-author-of-narrative-history-i-read-a-lot-of-history-books/)

[Nathaniel Philbrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-philbrick/)

> [“Odd things happen in a battle, and the human heart has strange and gruesome depths and the human brain still stranger shallows;”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-philbrick/odd-things-happen-in-a-battle-and-the-human-heart-has-strange-and/)

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> [“The sperm whales' network of female-based family unit resembled, to a remarkable extent, the community the whalemen had left back home on Nantucket. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-philbrick/the-sperm-whales-network-of-female-based-family-unit-resembled-to-a/)

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> [Instead of being a page-turner, 'Moby-Dick' is a repository of American history and culture and the essentials of Western literature. The book is so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-philbrick/instead-of-being-a-page-turner-moby-dick-is-a-repository-of-american/)

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> [“Melville's example demonstrates the wisdom of waiting to read the classics. Coming to a great book on your own after having accumulated essential life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-philbrick/melville-s-example-demonstrates-the-wisdom-of-waiting-to-read-the/)

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> [One of the questions I face when working on a book about a historical event is whether I should visit the actual place that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-philbrick/one-of-the-questions-i-face-when-working-on-a-book-about-a-historical/)

[Nathaniel Philbrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-philbrick/)

> [I'm a big Stephen King fan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-philbrick/i-m-a-big-stephen-king-fan/)

[Nathaniel Philbrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-philbrick/)

> [“That Church according to Church is too brave, too cunning, and too good to be true is beside the point. America was destined to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-philbrick/that-church-according-to-church-is-too-brave-too-cunning-and-too-good/)

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