It was all very well for an Englishman like Mr. Fogg to make the tour of the world with a carpet-bag; a lady could not be expected to travel comfortably under such conditions.

The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.

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.

I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.

I am nothing to you but Captain Nemo; and you and your companions are nothing to me but the passengers of the Nautilus.

Anything a man can imagine, another can create

The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.