Herman Melville Quote

Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth;whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul;whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses,and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet;and especially when my hypos get such an upper hand of me,that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off-then, I account it high time to get to a bookstore as soon as I can.That is my substitute for the pistol and ball.