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title: "2 Moby Dick Quotes"
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# Moby Dick

 **2** quotes in **3** categories

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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 epic novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book centers on the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship's pre

##  Quotes by Moby Dick

> [Captain Ahab: I do not sleep, I die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby-dick/captain-ahab-i-do-not-sleep-i-die/)

[Moby Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby-dick/)

[Ahab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ahab/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/050/moby-dick-92089_sleep_captain-ahab-i-do-not-sleep-i-die-894071_894071.jpg)

> [I do not sleep,i die](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby-dick/i-do-not-sleep-i-die/)

[Moby Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby-dick/)

[Live or die](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/live-or-die/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/297/moby-dick-92089_live-or-die_i-do-not-sleep-i-die-2204939_2204939.jpg)

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