Favourite lines from Journey to the Centre of the Earth because of analogies I can form with them or due to the impression they have on my imagination:
Enough. When science has spoken, it is for us to hold our peace. I
Enough. When science has spoken, it is for us to hold our peace. -Lidenbrock
El desánimo se apoderó de todos y abrió una brecha a la incredulidad. Un nuevo sentimiento nos embargó a todos, un sentimiento que se componía de tres décimas de vergüenza y siete décimas de furor.
Demain, cher Axel, je parlerai comme aujourd’hui.
Cuando el doctor reflexionaba sobre la implacable antipatía de los hombres y la rivalidad de las nacionalidades, no se encogía de hombros, como hacen muchos, sino que no podía dejar de lamentar amarga...
Conseil: If that is the case, this dugong may well be the last of its race, and perhaps it would be better to spare it, in the interest of science.Ned Land: Perhaps it will be better to hunt it, in th...
Como la enfermedad que lo aquejaba, más que física, era moral, los medicamentos que le obligaban a ingerir no producían efecto alguno.
Both men and women of the race were extremely handsome; the former tall and strong, with fine features, curly hair, and a clear bronze complexion. They wore long tunics and turbans, and carried lances...
As for the orchestra,' Quinsonnas continued, 'it has fallen very low since his instrument no longer suffices to feed the instrumentalist! Talk about a trade that's not practical. Ah, if we could use t...
As for seeing the town, the idea never occurred to him, for he was the sort of Englishman who, on his travels, gets his servant to do his sightseeing for him.
And in it all, where did the truth end and error begin?
Ah!' said Michel, tempted, 'you have modern poems?' 'Of course. For instance, Martillac's 'Electric Harmonies,' which won a prize last year from the Academic of Sciences, and Monsieur de Pulfasse's 'M...
Ah! women and young girls, how incomprehensible are your feminine hearts!
Adieu, soleil ! s'écria-t-il. Disparais, astre radieux ! Couche-toi sous cette mer libre, et laisse une nuit de six mois étendre ses ombres sur mon nouveau domaine !
A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager,
— El orgullo — dijo el ermitaño a sus huéspedes — ha perdido a un ángel nacido para el bien. Es la piedra de toque en que se quiebran todos los destinos humanos.
« C’est une maison de fous, dit un de nos compagnons de voyage.
You don't see, I dare say, Axel, but if you were to listen, you might hear.
What gamblers regret the most isn't the loss of their money so much as the loss of their insane hopes. But