If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning. - Jules Verne

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.

No one has ever seen anything like it; but the sight may cost us dear. And, if I must say all, I think we are seeing here things which God never intended man to see.

I felt that my true vocation, the sole end of my life, was to chase this disturbing monster and purge it from the world.