Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale... from hell's heart I stab at thee. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Oh, horrible vultureism of earth! from which not the mightiest whale is free.” — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“There she blows!-there she blows! A hump like a snow-hill! It is Moby Dick!” — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Oh, man! admire and model thyself after the whale! Do thou, too, remain warm among ice. Do thou, too, live in this… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“one captain, seizing the line-knife from his broken prow, had dashed at the whale, as an Arkansas duelist at his foe, blindly… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“For all these reasons, then, any way you may look at it, you must needs conclude that the great Leviathan is that… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Two hundred years ago an old Dutch voyager likened its shape to that of a shoemaker’s last. And in this same last… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Is it not curious, that so vast a being as the whale should see the world through so small an eye, and… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“What do ye do when ye see a whale, men?” “Sing out for him!” was the impulsive rejoinder from a score of… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“In life, the visible surface of the Sperm Whale is not the least among the many marvels he presents. Almost invariably it… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Let me make a clean breast of it here, and frankly admit that I kept but sorry guard. With the problem of… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Now the various species of whales need some sort of popular comprehensive classification, if only an easy outline one for the present,… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Call me Ishmael. Some years ago--never mind how long precisely--having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“though the only spout in sight was that of a Fin-Back, belonging to the species of uncapturable whales, because of its incredible… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“MOBY DICK; OR THE WHALE by Herman Melville CHAPTER 1 Loomings Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely— having… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Can you catch the expression of the Sperm Whale's there? It is the same he died with, only some of the longer… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Oh, Starbuck! it is a mild, mild wind, and a mild looking sky. On such a day - very much such a… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“One morning, as usual, Ahab went for a walk along the quarter-deck. He stopped before the mainmast and glanced at the gold… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“and man, though idiotic, and knowing not what he does, yet full of the sweet things of love and gratitude.” — Herman Melville Copy Share
“But were the coming narrative to reveal in any instance, the complete abasement of poor Starbuck's fortitude, scarce might I have the heart to… — Herman Melville Copy Share
“(On Ralph Waldo Emerson)I love all men who dive. Any fish can swim near the surface, but it takes a great whale to go… — Herman Melville Copy Share
“So seemed it to me, as I stood at her helm, and for long hours silently guided the way of this fire-ship on the… — Herman Melville Copy Share
“Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the… — Herman Melville Copy Share
“Is it that by its indefiniteness it shadows forth the heartless voids and immensities of the universe, and thus stabs us from behind with… — Herman Melville Copy Share
“Now, as I before hinted, I have no objection to any person's religion, be it what it may, so long as that person does… — Herman Melville Copy Share
Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land. — Herman Melville Copy Share
“Yet this is life. For hardly have we mortals by long toilings extracted from this world's vast bulk its small but valuable sperm; and… — Herman Melville Copy Share
I never fancied broiling fowls; - though once broiled, judiciously buttered, and judgmatically salted and peppered, there is no one who will speak more… — Herman Melville Copy Share
War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim. — Herman Melville Copy Share
