But to find, all at once, right before your eyes, that the impossible had been mysteriously achieved by man himself: this staggers the mind!

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.

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!

The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.

Anything you can imagine you can make real.

All that is impossible remains to be accomplished.

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

I wrote a novel because I had a yen to do it. I believe this is sufficient reason to set out to tell a story.

Who cares for your beauty if your heart and mind is ugly

From my tears of happiness I have became a mountain of strength surrounded by a sea of Joy.

I will follow anyone... and remind everyone... of the pain of the Yazidi women

fiction is the great lie that tells the truth

The mind must be trained, rather than the memory.

The easiest beneficence is a smile. The simplest release is to have a vegetarian meal.

My last name is originally Irish. I'm not exactly sure whereabouts it's from, but I've got family branches that were traced back there.

Listen,' Clover said. 'Don't worry about not being able to come back, I've lived both places, and trust me, you won't be getting the short end of the stick if you end up in Foo. I mean, candy alone.

Writing reminds you that you're never alone. Writing and reading is to be optimistic.