Moby Dick (1998)

Piripi Waretini: Queequeg

Quotes 

• Ishmael : What the devil's the matter with you?

  Queequeg : Ishmael no want go on ship with Queequeg?

  Ishmael : No. I mean, yes, of course I do. But you would be better suited to pick out a whaler that's suited for both of us, not I, and I shall certainly not take your money. Queequeg, I fear I must make a confession. I used to be a schoolteacher. Do you know what that is?

  Queequeg : Aye. Missionary.

  Ishmael : No. Well, not exactly. What I'm trying to say is that I've never jumped a spar in my life.

  Queequeg : Ishmael no sailor?

  Ishmael : Aye. Me no sailor. It's just that I have this burning desire to go to sea.

  Queequeg : Me Ojo savvy. Ishmael pick ship. Ishmael pick ship.

• Queequeg : Ishmael, what is soul?

  Ishmael : Soul? Well, that's a difficult question. Do you believe in God? Like a big chief over all men?

  Queequeg : Like Ojo?

  Ishmael : Well, I reckon so, but bigger than that, like a captain of the sun.

• Queequeg : I killee!

  Peter Coffin : Now, Queequeg, stop that!

  Ishmael : Why didn't you tell me that this harpooner I'd be sharing a bed with is a cannibal, for God's sake?

  Peter Coffin : Now, listen to me, Queequeg. You savvy me, I savvy you. This lad sleep here in this bed with you. You savvy?

  Queequeg : Me savvy plenty.

• Starbuck : What about the boy, sir?

  Captain Ahab : Boy? What boy?

  Starbuck : Pip, sir. He's lost at sea.

  Captain Ahab : The tamborine boy? What the devil was he doing in your boat, Mr. Starbuck?

  Starbuck : He stowed away, sir, where he wasn't supposed to be. He's a kind-hearted, jolly little boy, sir. I'm afraid we've lost him.

  Queequeg : Me go find Pip! If Pip be dead, it be bad magic!

• Queequeg : Queequeg be sailor no more.

  Captain Ahab : What is this, harpooner?

  Queequeg : You be bad magic!

  Captain Ahab : Away from me!

  Queequeg : Queequeg harpoon for you no more!