It was a big sea snake, but I couldn't quite make it out what kind of snake it was, its head was biting a stone fish close to its tail area, and the fish had a huge bite into the snake. Jules Verne More Quotes by Jules Verne More Quotes From Jules Verne He believed in it, as certain good women believe in the leviathan-by faith, not by reason. Jules Verne good-womanseabelieve Yes, I could see these enormous elephants, whose trunks were tearing down large boughs, and working in and out the trees like a legion of serpents. I could hear the sounds of the mighty tusks uprooting huge trees! Jules Verne elephantssoundtree How tranquil is a coral tomb, and may the heavens grant that my companions and I be buried in no other! Jules Verne buriedmayheaven An Englishman does not joke about such an important matter as a bet. Jules Verne importantmatterdoe I would have bartered a diamond mine for a glass of pure spring water! Jules Verne glassesspringwater My house is small, but may heaven grant that it is never full of friends. Jules Verne housemayheaven Wherever he saw a hole he always wanted to know the depth of it. To him this was important. Jules Verne sawsdepthimportant An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else. Jules Verne concealedcriminalslondon What a big book, captain, might be made with all that is known!" "And what a much bigger book still with all that is not known! Jules Verne captainsmightbook 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. Jules Verne bagsworldtravel Man is never perfect nor contented. Jules Verne perfectmen Hunger, prolonged, is temporary madness! The brain is at work without its required food, and the most fantastic notions fill the mind. Hitherto I had never known what hunger really meant. I was likely to understand it now. Jules Verne madnessmindbrain In the memory of the dead all chronological differences are effaced. Jules Verne differencesmemories What one man can think, another man can do. Jules Verne can-domenthinking During the War of the Rebellion, a new and influential club was established in the city of Baltimore in the State of Maryland Jules Verne clubscitieswar A cow peacefully grazing fifty yards away received one of the bullets in her back. She had nothing to do with the quarrel all the same. Jules Verne yardsbulletsfifty I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new Jules Verne uselessmenmean However, the balloon, lightened of heavy articles, such as ammunition, arms, and provisions, had risen into the higher layers of the atmosphere, to a height of 4,500 feet. The voyagers, after having discovered that the sea extended beneath them, and thinking the dangers above less dreadful than those below, did not hesitate to throw overboard even their most useful articles, while they endeavored to lose no more of that fluid, the life of their enterprise, which sustained them above the abyss. Jules Verne seafeetthinking As for Phileas Fogg, it seemed just as if the typhoon were a part of his programme Jules Verne typhoonsprogrammesifs Therever fortune clears a way, thither our ready footsteps stray. Jules Verne readyfortuneway
