Around The World In Eighty Days Quotes
"The way in which he got admission to this exclusive club was simple enough."
"Certainly an Englishman, it was more doubtful whether Phileas Fogg was a Londoner."
"His daily habits were quite open to observation; but whatever he did was so exactly the same thing that he had always done before, that the wits of the curious were fairly puzzled."
"He was the most deliberate person in the world, yet always reached his destination at the exact moment."
"If to live in this style is to be eccentric, it must be confessed that there is something good in eccentricity."
"Phileas Fogg was not known to have either wife or children, which may happen to the most honest people."
"He lived alone in his house in Saville Row, whither none penetrated."
"He never used the cosy chambers which the Reform provides for its favoured members."
"He talked very little, and seemed all the more mysterious for his taciturn manner."
"The unforeseen does not exist," quietly replied Phileas Fogg.
"A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager."
I see how it is," said Fix. "You have kept London time, which is two hours behind that of Suez. You ought to regulate your watch at noon in each country.
"The effect of these replies upon the already suspicious and excited detective may be imagined."
"The locomotive gave a sharp screech, and the train slowly glided out of the station."
"The polished gentleman disappeared to give place to the bank robber."
"The best of fare was spread upon the cabin tables at breakfast, lunch, dinner, and the eight o'clock supper."
"The train stopped at eight o'clock, in the midst of a glade some fifteen miles beyond Rothal."
"The night was cold. The Parsee lit a fire in the bungalow with a few dry branches."
"The journey was resumed at six in the morning; the guide hoped to reach Allahabad by evening."
"Phileas Fogg and his companions venture across the Indian forests, and what ensued."
"These sacrifices do not occur in the larger portion of India, but we have no power over these savage territories, and especially here in Bundelcund."
"Sometimes, however, the sacrifice is really voluntary, and it requires the active interference of the Government to prevent it."
"I have yet twelve hours to spare; I can devote them to that."
"The project was a bold one, full of difficulty, perhaps impracticable."
I am sorry," said the sailor; "but it is impossible.
"I offer you a hundred pounds per day, and an additional reward of two hundred pounds if I reach Yokohama in time."
"It's certain, though rascal as he is, he is a polite one!"
"I do not need, pilot, to advise you to use all possible speed."
"Fire!" said Mr. Fogg. And the booming of the little cannon resounded in the air.
It is evident," said he to himself, "that I have been abominably drunk! What will Mr. Fogg say?
"As for that rascal, I hope we are well rid of him."
Good!" muttered he; "Aouda has not got up yet, and Mr. Fogg has probably found some partners at whist.
"I mustn’t lose my head. I can’t sell this costume again for one still more Japanese."
"Would you like a servant, sir?" asked Passepartout.
The United States!" said Passepartout; "that’s just what I want!
Friends?—no," replied Passepartout; "but allies, perhaps.
"We have fifty chances out of a hundred of getting over," said one.
"It shall be stopped," said Phileas Fogg.
Stay, monsieur," cried Passepartout; "I will go.
"I will find him, living or dead," said he quietly to Aouda.
"It would not be right for an Englishman to permit himself to be treated in that way, without retaliating."
"The election of a justice of the peace."
"It’s the next station. The train will be there in an hour, and will stop there ten minutes."
"You don’t understand anything about whist."
"Ah! it’s you, is it, Englishman?" cried the colonel.
I am sorry," said the conductor; "but we shall be off at once. There’s the bell ringing now.
Sir," said Mr. Fogg to the captain, "three passengers have disappeared.
What a country!" cried he. "Mere cattle stop the trains, and go by in a procession.
No matter," replied Forster; "I think that by putting on the very highest speed we might have a chance of getting over.
"It would be perfectly so," replied Phileas Fogg.
"Gentlemen, perhaps there is a way, after all, to get over."
"But the bridge is unsafe," urged the conductor.
"He had sacrificed his fortune, and was now risking his life, all without hesitation, from duty, in silence."
"I have been an idiot!" he thought, "and this man will see it. He has gone, and won’t come back! But how is it that I, Fix, who have in my pocket a warrant for his arrest, have been so fascinated by him? Decidedly, I am nothing but an ass!"
"Tomorrow evening! But then it will be too late! We must wait—"
"It must certainly be confessed that I cost my master dear!"
"But how do you look upon the fate, sir, which awaits you?"
"Yes, by all that is holiest, I love you, and I am entirely yours!"
"Pardon me, madam; my fortune belongs to you. If you had not suggested our marriage, my servant would not have gone to the Reverend Samuel Wilson’s, I should not have been apprised of my error, and—"
"That we might have made the tour of the world in only seventy-eight days."
"No doubt," returned Mr. Fogg, "by not crossing India. But if I had not crossed India, I should not have saved Aouda; she would not have been my wife, and—"
"Truly, would you not for less than that make the tour around the world?"