An Englishman does not joke about such an important matter as a bet.

We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer.

Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.

There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!

Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.

He believed in it, as certain good women believe in the leviathan-by faith, not by reason.

How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!

The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.

Anything you can imagine you can make real.

All that is impossible remains to be accomplished.

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

One day, I decided to help wherever I could & it was almost like magic, because I was exactly what the world needed everywhere I went.

The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.

Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.

I do a lot of swimming, both in the ocean and in the pool.

New York is ultimately not the synthesis but merely the sum of its unfathomable subjectivities, its personal histories, its uncategorisable figures.

Cruelty, very far from being a vice, is the first sentiment Nature injects in us all.

Have confidence in yourself - don't let yourself be used.

There's never been a parent in my life.

I like organizing things. I like organizing my closets, so that I know where everything is. And and I used to color code it.

Sin has caused our affections to stray, propelling us to worship relationships, achievement, and work-everything but God.