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“...the chapters on whaling in MOBY DICK can be omitted by all but the most punishment-loving readers.”

— William Goldman

“I wish wish I could steal the intricacies of language. But give my kids a break—remember, most of them were fed on Steinbeck’s The…

— Azar Nafisi

“All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen. If only they would read a…

— Roald Dahl

“Melville’s last published novel, The Confidence-Man (1857), a notably “talky” text that offers a useful allegory of the very”

— Sianne Ngai

“Herman Melville, the author of Moby-Dick, largely withdrew from public life for thirty years. “All profound things,” he wrote, “are preceded and attended by…

— Michael Finkel

“Heidegger claims, it seems fitting that Melville’s story about public exchanges facilitated by an anonymous agent becomes primarily preoccupied with how “confidence” and other…

— Sianne Ngai

“... the great novels of the world were about three things - death, money and sex. Occasionally a whale.”

— Kate Atkinson

“My parents placed a high value on reading, starting with the King James Bible, and one whole wall of our living room was filled,…

— John R. Erickson

“The tide had begun to ebb. Margaret leant over the parapet and watched it sadly. Mr. Wilcox had forgotten his wife, Helen her lover;…

— E.M. Forster

“When she was with Lord Thornbeck, it was so difficult to keep from talking to him. She was so drawn to him, to his…

— Melanie Dickerson

“Sally was on the first floor reading a book, one that she normally wouldn't read, and she felt quite guilty. Twilight. She knew the…

— Anjela Myrick

“People don't say what they mean very often. You have to read between the lines of their behavior, of what they say, to get…

— M.C. Frank