“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.”

“It is not down on any map; true places never are.”

“Do you like far away places, adventure, maybe the old west, or just sweet nothings whispered in your ear. Start reading!”

“I don't think the real America is in New York or on the Pacific Coast; personally, I like the Middle West much better, places like North and South Dakota, Minneapolis and Saint Paul. There, I think, are the true Americans”

“I don't have to write to South West buddy. In an hour South West gonna come looking for me!”

“Fiordland, a vast tract of mountainous terrain that occupies the south-west corner of South Island, New Zealand, is one of the most astounding pieces of land anywhere on God's earth, and one's first impulse, standing on a cliff top surveying it all, is simply to burst into spontaneous applause.”