Het Geheimzinnige Eiland: De Verlatene

“It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise.””

— Jules Verne

“It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason.””

— Jules Verne

“Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.””

— Jules Verne

“What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?””

— Jules Verne

“All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.””

— Jules Verne

“In presence of Nature's grand convulsions man is powerless.””

— Jules Verne

“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

“He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.””

— Jules Verne

“Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.””

— Jules Verne