

The Daily Dick: Musings on the Greatest Novel Ever
"But when he was helped to the deck, all eyes were fastened upon him; as instead of standing by himself he still half-hung upon the...


The Daily Dick: Musings on the Greatest Novel Ever
"That instant, the White Whale made a sudden rush among the remaining tangles of the other lines; by so doing, irresistibly dragged the...


The Daily Dick: Musings From the Greatest Novel Ever
"The frenzies of the chase had by this time worked them bubblingly up, like old wine worked anew. Whatever pale fears and forebodings...


The Daily Dick: Musings From the Greatest Novel Ever
"Omen? omen?-the dictionary! If the gods think to speak outright to man, they will honorably speak outright; not shake their heads, and...


The Daily Dick: Musings From the Greatest Novel Ever
"Dragged into Stubb's boat with blood-shot, blinded eyes, the white brine caking in his wrinkles; the long tension of Ahab's bodily...


The Daily Dick: Musings From Somewhere Else Today
“It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.” ― John Steinbeck Musing: Today would be my...


The Daily Dick: Musings From the Greatest Novel Ever
"The sight of the splintered boat seemed to madden him, as the blood of grapes and mulberries cast before Antiochus's elephants in the...


The Daily Dick: Musings From the Greatest Novel Ever
"Ripplingly withdrawing from his prey, Moby Dick now lay at a little distance, vertically thrusting his oblong white head up and down in...


The Daily Dick: Musings From the Greatest Novel Ever
"Through and through; through every plank and each rib, it thrilled for an instant, the whale obliquely lying on his back, in the manner...


The Daily Dick: Musings From the Greatest Novel Ever
"Ahab could discover no sign in the sea. But suddenly as he peered down and down into its depths, he profoundly saw a white living spot...