“Yea, foolish mortals, Noah's flood is not yet subsided; two thirds of the fair world it yet covers.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“Book! You lie there; the fact is, you books must know your places. You'll do to give us the bare words and facts, but we come in to supply the thoughts.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Oh, my Captain! my Captain! noble soul! grand old heart, after all! why should any one give chase to that hated fish! Away with me! let us fly these deadly waters! let us home!”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“There is, one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath...”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
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