"We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer."
"Nothing can astound an American. It has often been asserted that the word "impossible" is not a French one. People have evidently been deceived by the dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple; and as for mechanical difficulties, they are overcome before they arise."
5 likes
Source: Jules Verne (2015). “From the Earth to the moon (low cost). Limited edition”, p.20, Jules Verne
About the author
Same author
More quotes by Jules Verne
"Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth."
"There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!"
"Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real."
"He believed in it, as certain good women believe in the leviathan-by faith, not by reason."
"How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!"