Queequeg: I am the knife and you are the belly. I am the noose and you are the neck. This is my mission and my only glory. You shall be made through and through of me and I shall be made through and through of you. We shall exist only by virtue of one another; we each shall live only by virtue of the other’s perspective. You are naked: you carry nothing with you, you have no store of grain, you have no store of meat, you have no money nor jewels, you have no coat nor shirt. This is your last mouthful of bread; this is your last mouthful of water: we shall be everything to each other, you and I. Why do I find myself stinging with pain while for you all is wonderful pleasure? I shall rise up and I shall be the actor, the mover, the doer of action. This is why I offer sacrifice and ritual and sacrament. I am the wind and you are the dust I push. I am the cow and you are the lowing.