Quote by Diane Ackerman

“The coast is clear. Not a beached whale in sight.”

— Jarod Kintz

“The life of a whale is short on land.”

— Nicolas Massimi

“Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles in a thundering typhoon!”

— Herge

“But think of the hearts of these whales, beating warm against the sea, day and night, through dark and light, on and on for…

— John Muir

“Jonah being delivered from the whale.”

— Paul Doherty

“I pictured the mother whale, exhausted from labor, pushing her calf up to the skin of the water. The miracle of breath in the…

— Megan Mayhew Bergman

“Hast seen the white whale?”

— Herman Melville

“You can’t believe how bleeding scary the sea is! There’s, like, whales and storms and shit! They don’t bloody tell you that!”

— Libba Bray

“Stop telling such outlandish tales. Stop turning minnows into whales.”

— Dr. Seuss

“Far off, the geyser-like plumes of whales expelling water caught the star-light—beautiful, strange, and too close for Avery’s liking. “Gorgeous, ain’t they?” said Janx.…

— Jack Conner

“Everything surrounding the ship is gray or dark blue and nothing is particularly hip, and once or maybe twice a day this thin strip…

— Bret Easton Ellis

“I tell you, the sperm whale will stand no nonsense.”

— Herman Melville