My mood, I say, was one of exaltation. I felt as a seeing m… - H. G. Wells

" "
My mood, I say, was one of exaltation. I felt as a seeing man might do, with padded feet and noiseless clothes, in a city of the blind. I experienced a wild impulse to jest, to startle people, to clap men on the back, fling people’s hats astray, and generally revel in my extraordinary advantage.

H. G. Wells

This quote has a book source. Sign up to see titles and page references

English

Collect this quote

About H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells (September 21 1866 – August 13 1946) was a British writer most famous for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man and The Time Machine; also for Kipps, The History of Mr. Polly and other social satires.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Birth Name: Herbert George Wells

Alternative Names: Wells, Herbert George • H.G. Wells • Herbert Wells • Herbert G. Wells

All quotes from H. G. Wells Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like H. G. Wells:

John Buchan Joseph Conrad Brian Aldiss Poul Anderson Norman Mailer

Additional quotes by H. G. Wells

But man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of Nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him.

Ambition — what is the good of pride of place when you cannot appear there? What is the good of the love of woman when her name must needs be Delilah?

The history of India for many centuries had been happier, less fierce, and more dreamlike than any other history. In these favorable conditions, they built a character - meditative and peaceful and a "nation of philosophers such as could nowhere have existed except in India".

My mood, I say, was one of exaltation. I felt as a seeing man might do, with padded feet and noiseless clothes, in a city of the blind. I experienced… - H. G. Wells

About H. G. Wells

Also Known As

Try QuoteGPT

Additional quotes by H. G. Wells