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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 I'm writing about. No matter how scrupulously maintained a historic house or battlefield may be, it…](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/)

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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/)

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> [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/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-philbrick/living-in-the-here-and-now-we-are-awash-with-sensations-of-the/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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

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> [“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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