Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.
JULES VERNESolitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.
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Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!
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There is hope for the future, and when the world is ready for a new and better life, all these things will some day come to pass, – in God’s good time.
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What I’d like to be above all is a writer.
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But to find, all at once, right before your eyes, that the impossible had been mysteriously achieved by man himself: this staggers the mind!
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We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
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Anything you can imagine you can make real.
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Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
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It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason.
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The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the ‘Living Infinite.
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Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
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I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.
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We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.
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Well, I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It’s better that way.
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Travel enables us to enrich our lives with new experiences, to enjoy and to be educated, to learn respect for foreign cultures, to establish friendships, and above all to contribute to international cooperation and peace throughout the world.
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The sea is the vast reservoir of Nature. The globe began with sea, so to speak; and who knows if it will not end with it?
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