“The truth does not contradict facts.”

“The only genius that's worth anything is the genius for hard work.”

“Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should do, the never get around to doing what they want to do.”

“Eighteen thousand miles from the moon is some slide, but I'll get up there again some way!”

“Nemo suggested that it might be some monster giant but his papa called him a "rattlebrain" and ordered him to pacify his mama who was making elaborate plans to faint.”

“I`m lost! Mama! I`m lost! Oh! I`m lost! You are not lost, Nemo. Go back to sleep and behave, hear?”

“It seemed that up until this moment she had been only half alive.”