Quote by Herman Melville Download Open image ““and descry what shoals and what rocks must be shunned.”” — Herman Melville ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Stone, I must be stone, I must be Casterly Rock, hard and unmovable.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Even rocks erode under the smooth flow of water. The strongest of wills give in to the doubtful whispers of friends and hidden enemies.” — M.B. Watson Copy Share Image
“You can build something beautiful from stones that are put in your way.” — Erich Kästner Copy Share Image
“And I knew it was true, that my words were made of stones, that they would last and I would climb them.” — Amanda Davis Copy Share Image
“don't turn over rocks if you don't want to see the pale creatures who live underneath them.” — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
“and man, though idiotic, and knowing not what he does, yet full of the sweet things of love and gratitude.” — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“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… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“(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… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“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… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Is it that by its indefiniteness it shadows forth the heartless voids and immensities of the universe, and thus stabs us from behind with… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“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… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“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… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image