Moby-Dick

"To live without purpose is to already be among the dead."

"The sea punishes the prideful and rewards the humble."

"Duty demands sacrifice beyond what reason allows."

"The ocean has its own philosophy, indifferent to mankind."

"The pursuit of an impossible dream defines human nature."

"A man's word is his bond in the eyes of the sea."

"There are no true friendships born from inequality."

"The hunt reveals what a man truly values."

"The sea tests a man's character more truly than any judge."

"Some men are born to command, others to obey."

"The whale's whiteness contains all the mysteries of existence."

"There is a language in the ocean that few men ever learn."

"Justice and vengeance are but different names for the same thing."

"The brotherhood of the whaling men transcends all earthly bonds."

"There seems to be an invisible hand guiding all our actions."

"The whale knows more than we can ever comprehend."

"I am not mad, I am bound in conscience."

"There is a hidden truth in every visible thing."

"There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life."

"Some certain significance lurks in all things else all things are little worth."

"I would strike the sun if it insulted me."

"To attack the white whale is to attack the very fabric of creation."

"We are surrounded by existential terror."

"The sea is man's natural habitat."

"I am the captain of my fate."

"All that pains us is but the shadow of that which profits us."

"To be enraged with you is as bad as drinking salt water."

"I try the frozen steel upon my fiery flesh."

"Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian."

"I am bound to that man by a bond which I can neither break nor explain."