"The first man of the Pequod that mounted the mast to look out for the White Whale, on the White Whale’s own peculiar ground; that man...

Ahab: "Ye believers in gods all goodness, and in man all ill, lo you! see the omniscient gods oblivious of suffering man; and man, though...

"Oh, sir, let old Perth now come and rivet these two hands together; the black one with the white, for I will not let this go.” Musing:...

"As for the men, though some of them lowly rumbled, their fear of Ahab was greater than their fear of Fate. " Musing: Such a line! In...

Starbuck: "'I stand alone here upon an open sea, with two oceans and a whole continent between me and law.- Aye, aye, ‘tis so.- Is heaven...

Starbuck: "'I can’t withstand thee, old man. Not reasoning; not remonstrance; not entreaty wilt thou hearken to; all this thou scornest....

"Starbuck: 'But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?- Yes, it would make...

The Carpenter: "Then, if the hull go down, there’ll be thirty lively fellows all fighting for one coffin, a sight not seen very often...

“'All your oaths to hunt the White Whale are as binding as mine; and heart, soul, and body, lungs and life, old Ahab is bound. And that...

"As the silent harpoon burned there like a serpent’s tongue, Starbuck grasped Ahab by the arm—'God, God is against thee, old man;...