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, has been built upon many errors; but they are errors which it was good to fall into, for they led to the truth.

Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.

The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the 'Living Infinite.

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

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth.

Man is never perfect nor contented.