I saw the world. I learnt of new cultures. I flew across an ocean. I wore women's clothing. Made a friend. Fell in love. Who cares if I lost a wager? Queen Victoria: I do! I've got 20 quid riding on you

But to find, all at once, right before your eyes, that the impossible had been mysteriously achieved by man himself: this staggers the mind!

It is certain," exclaimed my uncle in a tone of triumph. "But silence, do you hear me? silence upon the whole subject; and let no one get before us in this design of discovering the centre of the earth.

I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new

What darkness to you is light to me

As for Phileas Fogg, it seemed just as if the typhoon were a part of his programme

It must be, for there is a logic to everything on this earth and nothing is done without a reason, that God sometimes lets scientists discover.