On the earth, even in the darkest night, the light never wholly abandons his rule. It is diffused and subtle, but little as may remain, the retina of the eye is sensible of it.

There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!

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 a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason.

Yes, I could see these enormous elephants, whose trunks were tearing down large boughs, and working in and out the trees like a legion of serpents. I could hear the sounds of the mighty tusks uprooting huge trees!

I say, you do have a heart!" "Sometimes," he replied, "when I have the time.

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