Herman Melville Quotes

A noble craft, but somehow a most melancholy! All noble things are touched with that. ~ Moby Dick by Herman Melville I rejoice in my spine, as in the firm audacious staff of that flag which I fling half out to the world. ~ Moby Dick by Herman Melville "From hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee." ~ Moby Dick by Herman Melville 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. ~ Moby Dick by Herman Melville Call me Ishmael. ~ Moby Dick by Herman Melville 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. ~ Moby Dick by Herman Melville