Moby Dick Quote

Peter Coffin: You a commadore, then, or a cook?

Ishmael: No, a simple sailor, jumping from spar to spar like a grasshopper in a May meadow. Very much like a slave. But who isn't a slave? Tell me that.

Peter Coffin: I suppose you're going whaling, then?

Ishmael: Aye. Would you be having a room for a simple sailor, Mr. Coffin?

Peter Coffin: Aye, if you've no objection to sharing a blanket with a simple harpooner.

Movie: Moby Dick

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