How it is I know not; but there is no place like a bed for confidentia…

Herman Melville
214 citations
How it is I know not; but there is no place like a bed for confidential disclosures between friends. Man and wife, they say, there open the very bottom of their souls to each other; and some old couples often lie and chat over old times till nearly morning. Thus, then, in our hearts' honeymoon, lay I and Queequeg - a cosy, loving pair. ✨ Herman Melville (2008). Moby-Dick, p.58, Velvet Element Books
Love Reading Time
17

More Author Quotes

Ignorance is the parent of fear. ✨ Herman Melville (2008). Moby-Dick, p.24, Velvet Element Books
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon i … ▶
There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future. ✨ Herman Melville (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melvil … ▶
This divineness had that in it which, though commanding worship, at the same time enforced a certain nameless terror. ✨ Herman Melville (2016). Moby Dick (World Classics, Unabridged), p.131, Vij Book … ▶

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes