Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand blubber-hunters sweep over thee in vain. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Cannibals? Who is not a cannibal? I tell you it will be more tolerable for the Fejee that salted down a lean… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden thee, as for the time it did me. There is… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
There is no life in thee, now, except that rocking life imparted by a gently rolling ship; by her, borrowed from the… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale... from hell's heart I stab at thee. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
This whole act's immutably decreed. 'Twas rehearsed by thee and me a billion years before this ocean rolled. Fool! I am the… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“(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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
