When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears. How long that state of insensibility had lasted I cannot say. I had no means now of taking account of time. Never was solitude equal to this, never had any living being been so utterly forsaken.
Jules VerneSavages!' he echoed, ironically. 'You set foot on one of the shores of this globe, professor, and youโre surprised to find savages? Where arenโt there savages? Besides, are they any worse than others, these whom you call savages?
Jules VerneScent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!
Jules VerneIt 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.
Jules Verne