"There are only four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: only love.
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Selected Quotes of Herman Melville 1819-1891
"That root is to hit the hardest, you'd think it somewhat.
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"With fishbone ropes and bracelets they mock me; wearing my guard as an adversary.
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"So very like a woman – so very unlike a whale.
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"The mighty whale is mine! Have you seen him?
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"He was the bravest boy I ever met!
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