The Letters of Herman Melville Quotes

“For tho' we know what we ought to be; & what it would be very sweet & beautiful to be; yet we can't be it. That is most sad, too. Life is a long Dardenelles, My Dear Madam, the shores whereof are bright with flowers, which we want to pluck, but the bank is too high; & so we float on & on, hoping to come to a landing-place at last . . .”
― Herman Melville, The Letters of Herman Melville

“Lord, when shall we be done growing?”
― Herman Melville, The Letters of Herman Melville