Authors:
  1. Quotes
  2. Authors
  3. H
  4. Herman Melville
  5. It is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death,...

It is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realise the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.

Herman Melville
Whales, Silent, Subtle
Herman Melville (1892). “Moby Dick”, p.268
It is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realise the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.