Herman Melville
“There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke.”
“Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.”
“I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.”
“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.”
“It is not down on any map; true places never are.”
“Ignorance is the parent of fear.”
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”
“Call me Ishmael.”