Moby Dick Continues

During the commercials of "The Office" and "Say 'Yes' to the Dress," I managed to get through another 100 pages of Moby Dick (what can I say? There was a "Say 'Yes'" marathon).

Pages 401-500

In perhaps one of the most thrilling scenes yet, the whalers are attacked by a school of whales and barely escape with their lives. Later, the cabin boy is accidentally left in the middle of the ocean while the three smaller boats go a-whaling, and the solitude and fear literally drive him insane.

Best line: Come; let us squeeze hands all around; nay, let us squeeze ourselves into each other; let us squeeze ourselves universally into the very milk of sperm and kindness. [pg 484]

(Ummmm...yeah. Let's do that.)