“we had need to borrow that fantastic glass,invented by Galileo the FlorentineTo view another spacious world in the moon and look to find a constant woman there”

“Another woman told Constant what it was the crowd felt it had a right to. 'We have a right to know what's going on!' she cried.”

“I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it”

“If I had a view like this to look down on every day, I would have the energy and inspiration to conquer the world. The trouble is, when you most need such a view, no one gives it to you.”

“Just as Alice, when she walked through the looking glass, found herself in a new and whimsical world, so we, when we crossed over the Pa Chu, found ourselves as though caught up on some magic time machine fitted fantastically with a reverse...”

“Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no way of doing without them.”