“The West Indian is not exactly hostile to change, but he is not much inclined to believe in it. This comes from… — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
“With the smoke of the dead sailor's cigar wreathing around him, Willie passed to thinking about death and life and luck and… — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
“The girl you marry and the woman you must make a life with are two different people.” — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
“He had in his Bronx apartment a lodger less learned than himself, and much fiercer in piety. One day when we were… — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
“Tell me, Briny,” Natalie said, “are you still having fun?” He looked around at the noisy, crowded, evil-smelling ward, where the Polish… — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
Human life cannot be formless. We live by patterns. We move in comradeships. Conformity is evil when it distorts, flattens, and erases… — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
“The Jewish Sabbath may be too hard for some people, or they may not subscribe to its ideas; but within its own… — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
“Remember this, if you can--there is nothing, nothing more precious than time. You probably feel you have a measureless supply of it,… — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
Every hour spent on the Caine was a great hour in all our lives-if you don't think so now you will later on, more… — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
“Scholars call it [the Torah] the Masoretic text. The Masoretes were Hebrew scribes of the first centuries of the present era. They fixed the… — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
“The UN is all screams and twitters, like a ladies’ room when a guy barges in. A” — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
“The West Indian is not exactly hostile to change, but he is not much inclined to believe in it. This comes from a piece… — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
“Al nations celebrate the day of their coming into being with a work stoppage and ceremonies. The Jews, who believe that God created the… — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
The Navy is a master plan designed by geniuses for execution by idiots. If you're not an idiot, but find yourself in the Navy,… — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
“With the smoke of the dead sailor's cigar wreathing around him, Willie passed to thinking about death and life and luck and God. Philosophers… — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
“Sir, my inferior understanding prevents my grasping the unquestionable soundness of the mission.” — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
“The clear intent of our law is to enable a man to live in the world and yet hold his faith close to his… — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
