Is he mad? Anyway there's something on his mind, as sure as there must be something on a deck when it cracks.
Herman MelvilleThat immaculate manliness we feel within ourselves, so far within us, that it remains intact though all the outer character seem gone; bleeds with keenest anguish at the undraped spectacle of a valor-ruined man.
Herman MelvilleUntil we understand that our grief outweighs a thousand joys, we will never understand what Christianity is all about.
Herman Melville