Herman Melville Quotes About Hell

Quotes about: Hell

• To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.

  Herman Melville

  Life And Love, Hate, Heart

  Moby Dick ch. 135 (1851)

• Hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple dumpling.

  Herman Melville

  Food, Ideas, Apples

  Herman Melville (1892). “Moby Dick”, p.86

• Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale... from hell's heart I stab at thee.

  Herman Melville

  Heart, Whales, Sea

  Moby Dick ch. 135 (1851)

• There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals.

  Herman Melville

  Purple, Devil, Democracy

  Herman Melville (2016). “Redburn.His First Voyage”, p.310, Herman Melville

• In one word, Queequeg, said I, rather digressively; hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple-dumpling; and since then perpetuated through the hereditary dyspepsias nurtured by Ramadans.

  Herman Melville

  Ideas, Apples, Ramadan

  Herman Melville (1892). “Moby Dick”, p.86

• Indolence is heaven 's ally here, And energy the child of hell : The Good Man pouring from his pitcher clear But brims the poisoned well.

  Herman Melville

  Children, Men, Heaven

  Herman Melville (1991). “Selected Poems of Herman Melville”, p.145, Fordham Univ Press

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