Quotes From "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea" By Jules Verne

The sea is everything. It covers seven-tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and life-giving. It is an immense desert place where man is never lonely, for he senses the weaving of Creation on every hand. It is the physical embodiment of a supernatural existence.. For the sea is itself nothing but love and emotion. It is the Living Infinite, as one of your poets has said. Nature manifests herself in it, with her three kingdoms: mineral, vegetable, and animal. The ocean is the vast reservoir of Nature. Jules Verne

Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors. Jules Verne

Help! "This was my last cry. My mouth filled with water, I struggled against being drawn the abyss. Suddenly my clothes were seized by a strong hand, and I felt myself quickly drawn up to the surface of the sea; and I heard, yes, I heard these words pronounced in my ear:" If master would be so good as to lean on my shoulder, master would swim with much greater ease." I seized with one hand my faithful Conseil's arm. "Is it you?" said I, "you?""Myself, " answered Conseil; "and waiting master's orders."" That shock threw you as well as me in the sea?"" No; but, being in my master's service, I followed him." The worthy fellow thought that was but natural. . Jules Verne

If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning. Jules Verne

Aures habent et non audient` - `They have ears but hear not Jules Verne

I wanted to protect my professorial dignity and not lay myself open to laughter from the Americans, who when they do laugh, laugh raucously Jules Verne

God, if he believed in Him, and his conscience, if he had one, were the only judges to whom he was answerable. Jules Verne