Journey to the Center of the Earth Quotes

“We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“Science, my boy, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“While there is life there is hope. I beg to assert...that as long as a man's heart beats, as long as a man's flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“I dream with my eyes open.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“I looked on, I thought, I reflected, I admired, in a state of stupefaction not altogether unmingled with fear!”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“Science, my lad, has been built upon many errors; but they are errors which it was good to fall into, for they led to the truth.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“There is no more sagacious animal than the Icelandic horse. He is stopped by neither snow, nor storm, nor impassable roads, nor rocks, glaciers, or anything. He is courageous, sober, and surefooted. He never makes a false step, never shies. If there is a river or fjord to cross (and we shall meet with many) you will see him plunge in at once, just as if he were amphibious, and gain the opposite bank.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“Is the Master out of his mind?' she asked me.
I nodded.
'And he's taking you with him?'
I nodded again.
'Where?' she asked.
I pointed towards the centre of the earth.
'Into the cellar?' exclaimed the old servant.
'No,' I said, 'farther down than that.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“If at every instant we may perish, so at every instant we may be saved.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“As long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature endowed with a will has need to despair of life.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“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 Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“It is only when you suffer that you really understand.”
― Jules Verne, A Journey to the Centre of the Earth

“What darkness to you is light to me”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“Wherever he saw a hole he always wanted
to know the depth of it. To him this was important.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“Ah! Women and young girls, how incomprehensible are your feminine hearts!
When you are not the timidest, you are the bravest of creatures”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“Until I dicover the meaning of this sentence, I will neither eat nor sleep.
"My dear uncle-" I began.
"Nor you either," he added.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“It is only when you suffer that you truly understand.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“Ah!" I cried, springing up. "But no! no! My uncle shall never know it. He would insist upon doing it too. He would want to know all about it. Ropes could not hold him, such a determined geologist as he is! He would start, he would, in spite of everything and everybody, and he would take me with him, and we should never get back. No, never! never!"

My over-excitement was beyond all description.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“It is certain," exclaimed my uncle in a tone of triumph. "But silence, do you hear me? silence upon the whole subject; and let no one get before us in this design of discovering the centre of the earth.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“At Kiel, as elsewhere, a day goes by somehow or other.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“To look at the height of Snäfell it seemed impossible to reach the summit. But after an hours' fatigue and athletic exercise, a sort of staircase suddenly appeared in the midst of the vast carpet of snow lying on the croup of the volcano, and this greatly simplified our ascent. (p. 73)”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“Science, my boy, is made up of mistakes; but of mistakes which lead to the discovery of truth.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Centre of the Earth

“Dinner was ready. Professor Lidenbrock did full justice to it, for his compulsory fast on board had turned his stomach into an unfathomable gulf.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“While there is life there is hope. I beg to assert, Henry, that as long as a man's heart beats, as long as a man's flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair.”
― Jules Verne, A Journey to the Centre of the Earth

“In the meantime, there is not an hour to lose. I am about to visit the public library.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“Oh, how hard it is to understand the hearts of girls and women. When they are not the most timid of creatures, they are the bravest. Reason has no part in their lives.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“And in it all, where did the truth end and error begin?”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“Then don’t you despair?” I cried irritably.

“No, certainly not,” was the professor’s firm reply.

“What! Do you think there is any chance of safety left?”

“Yes, I do; as long as the heart beats, as long as the body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature endowed with a will has need to despair of life.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“In the sixteenth century neither the barometer nor the manometer had been invented—how, then, could Saknussemm have been able to discover when he did reach the centre of the earth?”
― Jules Verne, A Journey to the Centre of the Earth