Queequeg was a native of Kokovoko, an island far away to the West and South. It is not down in any map; true places never are.
Herman MelvilleAt length I fell asleep, with the volume in my hand; and never slept so sound before
Herman MelvilleFrom without, no wonderful effect is wrought within ourselves, unless some interior, responding wonder meets it. That the starry vault shall surcharge the heart with all rapturous marvelings, is only because we ourselves are greater miracles, and superber trophies than all the stars in universal space.
Herman Melville