Involuntarily Pausing Before Coffin Warehouses

 

There Are Whales Alive Today
Who Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written

“Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.”
. . . .― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick