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121 " From a caprice of nature, not from the ignorance of man. Not a mistake has been made in the working. But we cannot prevent equilibrium from producing its effects. We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones. "
― Jules Verne , Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
122 " Walls were invented simply to frustrate scientists. All walls should be banned. "
123 " This lucid explanation of the phenomena we had witnessed appeared to me quite satisfactory. However great and mighty the marvels of nature may seem to us, they are always to be explained by physical reasons. Everything is subordinate to some great law of nature. "
― Jules Verne , Journey to the Center of the Earth
124 " Monsieur is going to leave home?" "Yes," returned Phileas Fogg. "We are going round the world. "
― Jules Verne , Around the World in Eighty Days
125 " May the judge disappear, and the philosopher continue the peaceful exploration of the sea! If his destiny be strange, it is also sublime. Have I not understood it myself? Have I not lived ten months of this unnatural life? And to the question asked by Ecclesiastes three thousand years ago, "That which is far off and exceeding deep, who can find it out?" two men alone of all now living have the right to give an answer—— CAPTAIN NEMO AND MYSELF. "
126 " These are just some arms in the service of a head. Is not this the true organization of the force? "
― Jules Verne , The Fur Country (Extraordinary Voyages, #10)
127 " That terrible avenger, a perfect archangel of hatred. "
128 " Well, I thought I was so tranquil! I need to give up that illusion! There is decidedly no rest to be had in this world. "
― Jules Verne , The Adventures of Captain Hatteras
129 " I looked at his intelligent forehead, furrowed with premature wrinkles, produced probably by misfortune and sorrow. I tried to learn the secret of his life from the last words that escaped his lips. "
130 " Are we rising again?" "No. On the contrary." "Are we descending?" "Worse than that, captain! we are falling!" "For Heaven's sake heave out the ballast!" "There! the last sack is empty!" "Does the balloon rise?" "No!" "I hear a noise like the dashing of waves. The sea is below the car! It cannot be more than 500 feet from us!" "Overboard with every weight! … everything! "
― Jules Verne , The Mysterious Island
131 " Yes, forgotten by all else, but not by us. "
132 " Wait a few minutes, our lantern will be lit, and, if you like light places, you will be satisfied. "
133 " To look at the height of Snäfell it seemed impossible to reach the summit. But after an hours' fatigue and athletic exercise, a sort of staircase suddenly appeared in the midst of the vast carpet of snow lying on the croup of the volcano, and this greatly simplified our ascent. (p. 73) "
134 " Huzza for the Queen! Huzza for Old England! "
― Jules Verne , Five Weeks in a Balloon
135 " La distance est un vain mot, la distance n'existe pas! "
― Jules Verne , From the Earth to the Moon
136 " Je ne sais pas si les mondes sont habités, et, comme je ne le sais pas, je vais y voir! "
137 " Literature is dead, my boy' the uncle replied. 'Look at these empty rooms, and these books buried in their dust; no one reads anymore; I am the guardian of a cemetery here, and exhumation is forbidden.' . . . 'My boy, never speak of literature, never speak of art! Accept the situation as it is! You are Monsieur Boutardins ward before being your Uncle Huguenin's nephew! "
― Jules Verne , Paris in the Twentieth Century
138 " Moreover, we must look upon what is to occur as having already occurred, and see nothing but the present in the future, for the future is but the present a little farther on. "
― Jules Verne , Works of Jules Verne : Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; A Journey to the Center of the Earth; From the Earth to the Moon; Round the Moon; Around the World in Eighty Days
139 " 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. The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the `Living Infinite,' as one of your poets has said. "
140 " populations "
― Jules Verne , In the Year 2889