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Pierre: or, The Ambiguities Quotes

It is impossible to talk or to write without apparently throwing oneself helplessly open.

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Herman Melville - Book Quotes
  • Book: Pierre: or, The Ambiguities
  • Writer: Herman Melville
  • Genre: Fiction
  • Published: 1852
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