--- title: "12 Strange Quotes By Herman Melville" description: "12 Strange quotes by Herman Melville. Plus more from Herman Melville and more Strange sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96a/herman-melville-162_quote_yet-habit-strange-thing-what-cannot-habi_2203499.jpg" --- > [“Yet habit—strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?—Gayer”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/yet-habit-strange-thing-what-cannot-habit-accomplish-gayer/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96a/herman-melville-162_quote_yet-habit-strange-thing-what-cannot-habi_2203499.jpg) > [Yet habit - strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/yet-habit-strange-thing-what-cannot-habit-accomplish/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f00/herman-melville-162_accomplish_yet-habit-strange-thing-what-cannot-habi_2240494.jpg) > [Were this world an endless pain, and by sailing eastward we could forever reach new distances, and discover sights more sweet and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/were-this-world-an-endless-pain-and-by-sailing-eastward-we-could/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f02/herman-melville-162_distance_were-this-world-an-endless-pain-and-by-s_2471172.jpg) > [“Gentlemen, a strange fatality pervades the whole career of these events, as if verily mapped out before the world itself was charted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/gentlemen-a-strange-fatality-pervades-the-whole-career-of-these/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04d/herman-melville-162_fatality_gentlemen-a-strange-fatality-pervades-th_844704.jpg) > [Death is only a launching into the region of the strange Untried; it is but the first salutation to the possibilities of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/death-is-only-a-launching-into-the-region-of-the-strange-untried-it/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/herman-melville-162_death_death-is-only-a-launching-into-the-regio_1634219.jpg) > [There are some persons in this world, who, unable to give better proof of being wise, take a strange delight in showing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/there-are-some-persons-in-this-world-who-unable-to-give-better-proof/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/herman-melville-162_delight_there-are-some-persons-in-this-world-who_1441759.jpg) > [There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes his whole universe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/there-are-certain-queer-times-and-occasions-in-this-strange-mixed-3/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/107/herman-melville-162_affair_there-are-certain-queer-times-and-occasi_3221755.jpg) > [It may seem strange that of all men sailors should be tinkering at their last wills and testaments, but there are no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/it-may-seem-strange-that-of-all-men-sailors-should-be-tinkering-at/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ad/herman-melville-162_diversion_it-may-seem-strange-that-of-all-men-sail_1551749.jpg) > [Strange as it may seem, there is nothing in which a young and beautiful female appears to more advantage than in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/strange-as-it-may-seem-there-is-nothing-in-which-a-young-and/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3da/herman-melville-162_advantage_strange-as-it-may-seem-there-is-nothing_52235.jpg) > [Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/consider-the-subtleness-of-the-sea-how-its-most-dreaded-creatures-3/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec9/herman-melville-162_analogies_consider-the-subtleness-of-the-sea-how-i_2360375.jpg) > [I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb. Ineffable socialities are in me. I would sit down and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/i-have-written-a-wicked-book-and-feel-spotless-as-the-lamb-ineffable/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50b/herman-melville-162_book_i-have-written-a-wicked-book-and-feel-sp_1621826.jpg) > [The stillness of the calm is awful. His voice begins to grow strange and portentous. He feels it in him like something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/the-stillness-of-the-calm-is-awful-his-voice-begins-to-grow-strange/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/608/herman-melville-162_awful_the-stillness-of-the-calm-is-awful-his-v_835115.jpg) ## Other authors on Strange ## More by Herman Melville > [“and man, though idiotic, and knowing not what he does, yet full of the sweet things of love and gratitude.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/and-man-though-idiotic-and-knowing-not-what-he-does-yet-full-of-the/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [“But were the coming narrative to reveal in any instance, the complete abasement of poor Starbuck's fortitude, scarce might I have the heart to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/but-were-the-coming-narrative-to-reveal-in-any-instance-the-complete/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [“(On Ralph Waldo Emerson)I love all men who dive. Any fish can swim near the surface, but it takes a great whale to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/on-ralph-waldo-emerson-i-love-all-men-who-dive-any-fish-can-swim-near/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [“So seemed it to me, as I stood at her helm, and for long hours silently guided the way of this fire-ship on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/so-seemed-it-to-me-as-i-stood-at-her-helm-and-for-long-hours-silently/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [“the only real owner of anything is its commander;”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/the-only-real-owner-of-anything-is-its-commander/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [“Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/consider-the-subtleness-of-the-sea-how-its-most-dreaded-creatures/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [“Is it that by its indefiniteness it shadows forth the heartless voids and immensities of the universe, and thus stabs us from behind with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/is-it-that-by-its-indefiniteness-it-shadows-forth-the-heartless-voids/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [“Now, as I before hinted, I have no objection to any person's religion, be it what it may, so long as that person does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/now-as-i-before-hinted-i-have-no-objection-to-any-person-s-religion/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/let-america-first-praise-mediocrity-even-in-her-children-before-she/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [Only the man who says no is free](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/only-the-man-who-says-no-is-free/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/beneath-those-stars-is-a-universe-of-gliding-monsters/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [“Yet this is life. For hardly have we mortals by long toilings extracted from this world's vast bulk its small but valuable sperm; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/yet-this-is-life-for-hardly-have-we-mortals-by-long-toilings/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [I never fancied broiling fowls; - though once broiled, judiciously buttered, and judgmatically salted and peppered, there is no one who will speak more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/i-never-fancied-broiling-fowls-though-once-broiled-judiciously/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/war-should-be-carried-on-like-a-monsoon-one-changeless-determination/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [Genius is full of trash.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/genius-is-full-of-trash/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strange/herman-melville/#itemlist", "name": "12 Strange Quotes By Herman Melville", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Yet habit—strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?—Gayer”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Herman Melville" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/yet-habit-strange-thing-what-cannot-habit-accomplish-gayer/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96a/herman-melville-162_quote_yet-habit-strange-thing-what-cannot-habi_2203499.jpg", "contentUrl": 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