Moby Dick

“No more my splintered heart and maddened hand were turned against the wolfish world. This soothing savage had redeemed it.”

Queequeg and Ishmael sharing a bed at the inn is such a quiet moment. It shows how fast strangers become family when they just listen to each other.

“Gifted with the high perception, I lack the low, enjoying power.”

Ahab is so consumed by the white whale that he stops seeing the ocean. He misses the beauty right in front of him because he only wants revenge.

“I will have no man in my boat who is not afraid of a whale.”

Starbuck is the only one who tries to be reasonable. It is heartbreaking to watch a good man get drowned out by someone else's louder madness.

“I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote.”

Ishmael survives because he lets the water carry him. He stays curious and open while everyone else gets pulled down by their own certainty.