

“See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale

“There is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of man.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale

“Ahab is for ever Ahab, man. This whole act's immutably decreed. 'Twas rehearsed by thee and me a billion years before this ocean rolled. Fool! I am the Fates' lieutenant, I act under orders.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale

“Ignorance is the parent of fear.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale

“As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
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