Exhaustion is temporary. Pain is temporary. But Helene dying because I didn't find a way to get her back on time–that's permanent.

Sabaa Tahir
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When Jules Verne published "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" in 1869, he portrayed a world in which people could walk under the sea and breathe underwater. But by the time he published it, he'd learned that such a feat was impossible. The book is now regarded as a work of fiction, but Jules Verne himself, along with other scientists and explorers, believed that such a feat was possible. This quote is from "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea," which tells the story of the submarine Nautilus and its captain, Captain Nemo. The Captain says: "But Helene dying because I didn't find a way to get her back on time—that's permanent."

Source: An Ember In The Ashes

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