"In our own lifetime we are witnessing a startling alteration of climate…Activities in the nonhuman world also reflect…"

"I really didn't dare to send it across the Atlantic — the whales are so inconsiderate. They'd have been sure to want …"

"The bottle-nosed whale is a furlong long"

"If there aren't any whaling ships, then whales may survive. Anything short of that is so much hot air."

"Hamlet: Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel? Polonius: By th' Mass, and 'tis like a camel, inde…"

"Why not? It’s mating season. And I’m feeling lucky!"

"But what's this long face about, Mr. Starbuck; wilt thou not chase the white whale! art not game for Moby Dick?" "I a…"

"All visible objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks. But in each event — in the living act, the undoubted deed — th…"

"Aye, aye! It was that accursed white whale that razeed me; made a poor pegging lubber of me for ever and a day!" Then…"

"It does seem to me, that herein we see the rare virtue of a strong individual vitality, and the rare virtue of thick …"