Quotes of Herman Melville

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War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

- Herman Melville

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“ I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart. ”

- Kazuo Ishiguro

“ I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope. ”

- Nelson Mandela

“ Do you ever put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that’s what love is like. Everything inside of you tells you to stop before you fall, but you just keep going. ”

- Practical Magic

“ Legacy is greater than currency ”

- Gary Vaynerchuk

“ Drunk and alone and hopelessly in love with the idea that someday somehow it might just get better. ”

- Stefanie Sybens

“ Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. ”

- Max Ehrmann

“ If you are too busy to pray, you are busier than God wants you to be. ”

- Wanda E. Brunstetter

“ The only time we can effect an action is now. So learn from the past, have a vision for your future but act NOW. Today will soon be your past so don’t miss your present. ? ”

- Andrea McGibbon

“ When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth. ”

- Jodi Picoult

“ If you suddenly stumble upon the right door, you will not be able to recognize that it is right. ”

- Osho

“ Sometimes what seems so right turns out wrong and what seems so wrong turns out right. What do I call this phenomenon? Life. ”

- Charles F. Glassman

“ How do I say “I miss you” in a way that will make your heart ache as mine does? ”

- Unknown

“ The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort. ”

- Confucius

“ If music be the food of love, play on. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about. ”

- Muhammad Ali

“ Don't let him take who you are. Make him fear who you'll become. ”

- Mary Weber

“ If you fuel your journey on the opinions of others, you are going to run out of gas. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again. ”

- Rick Riordan

“ Visionary decisionmaking happens at the intersection of intuition and logic. ”

- Gandhi

“ At one time or another we are all called to leave the safety of our homes, the certainty of what we know, the illusions of who we are. Not everyone will heed this call, of course. And those who do will risk losing themselves completely. But if we choose to ignore the invitation, we risk never knowing who we might have become. We risk dying without knowing what it is to live. ”

- Thomas Lloyd Qualls

“ We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire. ”

- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“ Love is blind, they say–but isn’t it more that love makes us see too much? Isn’t it more that love floods our brain with sights and sounds, so that everything looks bigger, brighter, more lovely than ever before? ”

- Susan Fletcher Eve Green

“ Don’t marry him. Don’t be with him. Be with me. ”

- Jenny Han