"As Herman Melville wrote of that seagoing monster……" — Nathaniel Philbrick

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• I see 'Ahab's Wife' as offering an alternative vision to — Moby
• His [Elijah] heart was beginning to give signs of alarm; he was enjoying being at this woman's side. Love could… — Paulo Coelho
• Prophet just means intellectual. They were people giving geopolitical analysis, moral lessons, that sort of thing. We call them intellectuals… — Noam Chomsky
• Ahab cast a covetous eye at Naboth's vineyard, David a lustful eye at Bathsheba. The eye is the pulse of… — Thomas Adams
• Sleep and I do not have a good relationship. We have never been good friends. I am constantly chasing sleep… — Amy Poehler
• Is Ahab, Ahab? Is it I, God, or who, that lifts this arm? But if the great sun move not… — Herman Melville
• Captain Ahab drowned, he reminded himself; it was the trimmer, Ishmael, who survived. — Salman Rushdie
• And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. — Bible
• So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he… — Bible
• Captain Ahab: I do not sleep, I die. — Moby Dick
• Imagine having Ahab for a father, and Jezebel for a mother.Only God can help your future. — Wordfaith3
• Ego non baptizo te in nomine patris, sed in nomine diaboli! deliriously howled Ahab, as the malignant iron scorchingly devoured… — Herman Melville

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