{"id":3552,"date":"2015-03-31T10:30:16","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T17:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/?p=3552"},"modified":"2015-03-31T10:35:06","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T17:35:06","slug":"nonsensical-quote-from-moby-dick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/nonsensical-quote-from-moby-dick\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonsensical Quote from Moby Dick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have <em>never<\/em> understood this quote. \u00a0If this makes sense to anyone please explain it to me.<\/p>\n<p><b>Hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple-dumpling; and since then perpetuated through the hereditary dyspepsias nurtured by Ramadans.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0<i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Moby%20Dick\">Moby Dick<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_author_resp.php?AName=Herman%20Melville\">Herman Melville<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/dumplingLOCKED.png\" alt=\"Nonsensical Quote\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/dumplingLOCKED.png 400w, https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/dumplingLOCKED-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/dumplingLOCKED-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/dumplingLOCKED-144x144.png 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve\u00a0posted this on the\u00a0<a title=\"LitQuotes Facebook Page\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LitQuotesSite\" target=\"_blank\">LitQuotes Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0as well as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LitQuotesSite\" target=\"_blank\">LitQuotes Twitter Feed<\/a>\u00a0for easier sharing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a title=\"quote photos\" href=\"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/category\/quote-photos\/\">More Quote Photos<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have never understood this quote.  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