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“... the simplicity of pure emotion saves one from the complicated thoughts that can lead to damnation.”

Book:The Whale: A Love Story

Source: The Whale: A Love Story

“Original sin is a very commercial idea,” said Duyckinck. “How do you think the Bible stays in print year after year?”

Bible Original Sin

Book:The Whale: A Love Story

Source: The Whale: A Love Story

“He felt a wave of optimism lift him up, a renewed faith that the world could deliver unanticipated wonders.”

Book:The Whale: A Love Story

Source: The Whale: A Love Story

“This fever of longing is not love, he thought, it is the opposite of love. It is the separation from love that burns like the fires of hell.”

Missing Longing

Book:The Whale: A Love Story

Source: The Whale: A Love Story

“Melville to Hawthorne: "In your stories, you seem to understand that the dramatic moments come not when a character must choose between right and wrong buy when he must choose between two wrongs.”

Drama Two Evils Melville Hawthorne Two Wrongs

Book:The Whale: A Love Story

Source: The Whale: A Love Story

“Maria said, “Penmanship is no laughing matter, Miss Field.”

Book:The Whale: A Love Story

Source: The Whale: A Love Story

“And now that Thanksgiving has passed, I will take a moonlight ramble through the woods – yes, the city has its culture and cafes, and the sea has its drama, but for now give me the fallen leaves and rolling hills and the smell of the earth after a rain! Give me that over all the operas on earth, so long as I can harpoon whales with my pen!”

Whales Pen Harpoon

Book:The Whale: A Love Story

Source: The Whale: A Love Story

“Must we submit eternally to male tyranny?”

Book:The Whale: A Love Story

Source: The Whale: A Love Story