You are going to visit the land of marvels.

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.

Her face was smeared with mud and blood and ash. Just another bit of debris in the wreckage of war.

Capture the essence of your aspirations by understand the true meaning of your intuitive thoughts.

Ninety percent of my work is crap, ” he continued. “Another nine percent is mediocre, and then there are those rare gems that are actually useable.

I believe at the end of my career I'll be retired into the recurring character hall of fame.

There is always something to be thankful for. If you can't pay your bills, you can be thankful you are not one of your creditors.

There is beauty to be found in the changing of the earth’s seasons, and an inner grace in honouring the cycles of life.

A dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such.

An appreciation for high fashion does not preclude possession of common sense.

Tomorrow let us do or die!

To enjoy freedom ... we have of course to control ourselves. We must not squander our powers, helplessly and ignorantly, squirting half the house in order to water a single rose.