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| All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever present perils of life. | Herman Melville | Moby Dick |  |
| Call me Ishmael. | Herman Melville | Moby Dick | |
| . . . because truly to enjoy bodily warmth,some small part of you must be cold, for there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself. | Herman Melville | Moby Dick | |
| ". . . from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee." | Herman Melville | Moby Dick | |
| I rejoice in my spine, as in the firm audacious staff of that flag which I fling half out to the world. | Herman Melville | Moby Dick | |
| A noble craft, but somehow a most melancholy! All noble things are touched with that. | Herman Melville | Moby Dick | |
| . . . hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple-dumpling; and since then perpetuated through the hereditary dyspepsias nurtured by Ramadans. | Herman Melville | Moby Dick | |
| At last the anchor was up, the sails were set, and off we glided. It was a sharp, cold Christmas; and as the short northern day merged into night, we found ourselves almost broad upon the wintry ocean, whose freezing spray cased us in ice, as in polished armor. | Herman Melville | Moby Dick | |
| Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off--then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. | Herman Melville | Moby Dick | |
| Ignorance is the parent of fear . . . | Herman Melville | Moby Dick | |
