It was the whiteness of the whale that above all things app… - Herman Melville

" "
It was the whiteness of the whale that above all things appalled me.

Herman Melville

English

Collect this quote

About Herman Melville

Herman Melville (1 August 1819 – 28 September 1891) was an American novelist, essayist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Hermann Melville • Herman Melvill

All quotes from Herman Melville Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Herman Melville:

Robert Louis Stevenson Joseph Conrad Nathaniel Hawthorne Jules Verne John Buchan

Additional quotes by Herman Melville

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!

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.

Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.

It was the whiteness of the whale that above all things appalled me. - Herman Melville

About Herman Melville

Also Known As

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI

Additional quotes by Herman Melville

Unlimited Quote Collections