--- title: "1 Herman-melville Quotes By Jacob M. Appel" description: "1 Herman-melville quotes by Jacob M. Appel. Plus more from Jacob M. Appel and more Herman-melville sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/400/jacob-m-appel-13412_bankrupt_to-the-bankrupt-poet-to-the-jilted-lover_2932374.jpg" --- > [“To the bankrupt poet, to the jilted lover, to anyone who yearns to elude the doubt within and the din without, the tidal strait between Manhattan Island and her favorite suburb offers the specious illusion of easy death. Melville prepared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/to-the-bankrupt-poet-to-the-jilted-lover-to-anyone-who-yearns-to/) [Jacob M. Appel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-m-appel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/400/jacob-m-appel-13412_bankrupt_to-the-bankrupt-poet-to-the-jilted-lover_2932374.jpg) ## Other authors on Herman-melville - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-herman-melville-41890.jpg) Herman Melville 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/herman-melville-2/herman-melville/) ## More by Jacob M. Appel > [Nothing sells tombstones like a Girl Scout in uniform.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/nothing-sells-tombstones-like-a-girl-scout-in-uniform/) [Jacob M. Appel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-m-appel/) > [Marriage is like a series of opposing reflections, inverse images getting ever smaller like nesting dolls, each one of your trying to squeeze yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/marriage-is-like-a-series-of-opposing-reflections-inverse-images/) [Jacob M. Appel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-m-appel/) > [Never make enemies of anyone younger or healthier than you are. They write your history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/never-make-enemies-of-anyone-younger-or-healthier-than-you-are-they/) [Jacob M. Appel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-m-appel/) > [Maybe that is the greatest of wonders: that we can be shaped so much by those we've known closely, and equally by those we've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/maybe-that-is-the-greatest-of-wonders-that-we-can-be-shaped-so-much/) [Jacob M. Appel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-m-appel/) > [There is a fundamental difference, however, between asking to be permitted to keep a vegetative relative on costly machinery, and asking the taxpayers or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/there-is-a-fundamental-difference-however-between-asking-to-be/) [Jacob M. Appel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-m-appel/) > [Much as we do not permit convicted pedophiles to teach kindergarten or convicted hijackers to board airplanes, common sense dictates that individuals who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/much-as-we-do-not-permit-convicted-pedophiles-to-teach-kindergarten/) [Jacob M. Appel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-m-appel/) > [Know your load. That's rule numero uno in this business, which is why I make them count the penguins out in front of me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/know-your-load-that-s-rule-numero-uno-in-this-business-which-is-why-i/) [Jacob M. Appel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-m-appel/) > [“Battery Park resonates with lust as the sun approaches its zenith. A primal impulse takes hold of the young couples strolling the gravel walkways,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/battery-park-resonates-with-lust-as-the-sun-approaches-its-zenith-a/) [Jacob M. Appel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-m-appel/) > [“I have vicarious morning sickness. Other people's babies make me nauseous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/i-have-vicarious-morning-sickness-other-people-s-babies-make-me/) [Jacob M. Appel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-m-appel/) > [Maybe life involves the pairing of unsuitable people, those who wait and those who keep others waiting, and the key to happiness is finding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/maybe-life-involves-the-pairing-of-unsuitable-people-those-who-wait/) [Jacob M. Appel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-m-appel/) > [Choose old people for enemies. They die. You win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/choose-old-people-for-enemies-they-die-you-win/) [Jacob M. Appel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-m-appel/) > [I am grateful that I have rights in the proverbial public square - but, as a practical matter, my most cherished rights are those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/i-am-grateful-that-i-have-rights-in-the-proverbial-public-square-but/) [Jacob M. Appel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-m-appel/) > [“Nixon’s offences had been so long in the past, so much part of a different era that he now seemed like some lovable but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/nixon-s-offences-had-been-so-long-in-the-past-so-much-part-of-a/) [Jacob M. Appel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-m-appel/) > [While the visible victims may draw the headlines and attract indignant protests from so-called "pro-life" organizations, the invisible victims are people like you and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/while-the-visible-victims-may-draw-the-headlines-and-attract/) [Jacob M. Appel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-m-appel/) > [I used to dream of true love; now I'm open to false, but convincing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/i-used-to-dream-of-true-love-now-i-m-open-to-false-but-convincing/) [Jacob M. Appel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-m-appel/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/herman-melville-2/jacob-m-appel/#itemlist", "name": "1 Herman-melville Quotes By Jacob M. Appel", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“To the bankrupt poet, to the jilted lover, to anyone who yearns to elude the doubt within and the din without, the tidal strait between Manhattan Island and her favorite suburb offers the specious illusion of easy death. Melville prepared for the plunge from the breakwater on the South Street promenade, Whitman at the railing of the outbound ferry, both men redeemed by some Darwinian impulse, maybe some epic vision, which enabled them to change leaden water into lyric wine. Hart Crane rejected the limpid estuary for the brackish swirl of the Caribbean Sea. In each generation, from Washington Irving’s to Truman Capote’s, countless young men of promise and talent have examined the rippling foam between the nation’s literary furnace and her literary playground, questioning whether the reams of manuscript in their Brooklyn lofts will earn them garlands in Manhattan’s salons and ballrooms, wavering between the workroom and the water. And the city had done everything in its power to assist these men, to ease their affliction and to steer them toward the most judicious of decisions. It has built them a bridge.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jacob M. Appel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/to-the-bankrupt-poet-to-the-jilted-lover-to-anyone-who-yearns-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/400/jacob-m-appel-13412_bankrupt_to-the-bankrupt-poet-to-the-jilted-lover_2932374.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/400/jacob-m-appel-13412_bankrupt_to-the-bankrupt-poet-to-the-jilted-lover_2932374.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/400/jacob-m-appel-13412_bankrupt_to-the-bankrupt-poet-to-the-jilted-lover_2932374.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To the bankrupt poet, to the jilted lover, to anyone who yearns to elude the doubt within and the din…” — Jacob M. Appel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/herman-melville-2/jacob-m-appel/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/herman-melville-2/jacob-m-appel/", "name": "Herman-melville Quotes by Jacob M. Appel", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/herman-melville-2/jacob-m-appel/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/400/jacob-m-appel-13412_bankrupt_to-the-bankrupt-poet-to-the-jilted-lover_2932374.jpg" }, "description": "1 Herman-melville quotes by Jacob M. Appel. Plus more from Jacob M. Appel and more Herman-melville sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/herman-melville-2/jacob-m-appel/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/herman-melville-2/jacob-m-appel/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Herman Melville", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/herman-melville-2/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Jacob M. Appel", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/herman-melville-2/jacob-m-appel/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```