Quote by Herman Melville
Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is peri

Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity. – Herman Melville

Other quotes by Herman Melville

The consciousness of being deemed dead, is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality. One feels like his own ghost unlawfully tenanting a defunct carcass. – Herman Melville

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Survival
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A true military officer is in one particular like a true monk. Not with more self-abnegation will the latter keep his vows of monastic obedience than the former his vows of allegiance to martial duty. – Herman Melville

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Obedience
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The lightning flashes through my skull; mine eyeballs ache and ache; my whole beaten brain seems as beheaded, and rolling on some stunning ground. – Herman Melville

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Madness
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Other Quotes from
Hope
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In between films I like to travel and hope to visit every continent before I become a mother. – Diane Kruger

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Hope

Every night when I go to bed, I hope that I may never wake again, and every morning renews my grief. – Franz Schubert

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Hope

Put your blog out into the world and hope that your talent will speak for itself. – Diablo Cody

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Hope

Beware how you take away hope from another human being. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Hope

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The quality that defines us as Americans is the courage to respond to being hit. The courage to root out and destroy the killers. And, most importantly, the courage to hold on to our values and protect our hard-won freedoms while doing it. – Nick Clooney

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As I get older, all sorts of things become less funny. Once one has children, any cruelty involving children becomes far less amusing than when one was at the mercy of ones friends and relatives children. – P. J. ORourke

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So often the shortest distance to happiness is the length of an about-face. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. Hes just famous for his sound. – David Lee Roth

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