Quotes about Melville
Thought he, it's a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan.
— Herman Melville
hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple-dumpling;
— Herman Melville
Queequeg was George Washington cannibalistically developed. Whilst
— Herman Melville
Oh, boys, don't be sentimental; it's bad for the digestion!
— Herman Melville
For what are the comprehensible terrors of man compared with the interlinked terrors and wonders of God!
— Herman Melville
For a Khan of the plank, and a king of the sea and a great lord of Leviathans was Ahab.
— Herman Melville
For, when Stubb dressed, instead of first putting his legs into his trowsers, he put his pipe into his mouth.
— Herman Melville
Let him be, I say: and Heaven have mercy on us all - Presbyterians and Pagans alike - for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.
— Herman Melville
It's an all-fired outrage to tell any human creature that he's bound to hell.
— Herman Melville
I deny their credentials as whales; and have presented them with their passports to quit the Kingdom of Cetology.
— Herman Melville
Top-heavy was the ship as a dinnerless student with all Aristotle
— Herman Melville
Heaven have mercy on us all — Presbyterians and Pagans alike — for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.
— Herman Melville