Books by Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
Quotes by Herman Melville, Bartleby the ScrivenerMore books by Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener on Amazon →
"I would prefer not to."
"Nippers was a whiskered, sallow, and, upon the whole, rather piratical-looking young man of about five and twenty. I always deemed him the victim of two evil powers — ambition and indigestion."