It was obvious that the matter had to be settled, and evasions were distasteful to me.

When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes, we forget the past and dread the future.

Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.

What darkness to you is light to me

It swam crossways in the direction of the Nautilus with great speed, watching us with its enormous staring green eyes. Its eight arms, or rather feet, fixed to its head, that have given the name of cephalopod to these animals, were twice as long as its body, and were twisted like the furies' hair.

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

The cold, increased by the tremendous speed, deprived them of the power of speech.