Moby Dick; Or, The Whale
Written by Herman Melville
Published by Public Domain
Genre: Classic Literature
Audience: General readers, literary enthusiasts
Tone: Philosophical
*Moby Dick* tells the story of Ishmael, who embarks on a whaling voyage aboard the Pequod, where he forms a profound friendship with Queequeg and grapples with Captain Ahab's obsessive quest for revenge against the elusive white whale, Moby Dick, ultimately exploring themes of fate, identity, and the human condition.
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""There she blows! A hump like a snow-hill! It is Moby Dick!""
""A life-buoy of a coffin!""
""The great Leviathan is that one creature in the world which must remain unpainted to the last.""
""I will have no man in my boat who is not afraid of a whale.""
""What does the whaler do when she meets another whaler in any sort of decent weather? She has a 'Gam.'""
""All men live enveloped in whale-lines.""
""The sperm whale will stand no nonsense.""
""God hunt us all, if we do not hunt Moby Dick to his death!""
""Oh, life! ’tis now that I do feel the latent horror in thee!""
""Heaven have mercy on us all—Presbyterians and Pagans alike—for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head.""
""Ahab has his humanities!""
""A noble craft, but somehow a most melancholy!""
""A good laugh is a mighty good thing, and rather too scarce a good thing.""
""Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.""
""I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote.""
""Call me Ishmael.""