King Solomon's Mines Quotes
"There is no journey upon this earth that a man may not make if he sets his heart to it."
"It is the Hand with which we hold off Death."
"There is nothing, Umbopa, that he cannot do, there are no mountains he may not climb."
"Man must die. At the worst he can but die a little sooner."
"If love leads him and he holds his life in his hands counting it as nothing, ready to keep it or lose it as Heaven above may order."
"Out of the dark we came, into the dark we go."
"Like a storm-driven bird at night we fly out of the Nowhere."
"It is the glow-worm that shines in the night-time and is black in the morning."
"It is the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself at sunset."
"With great difficulty, and by the promise of a present of a good hunting-knife each, I succeeded in persuading three wretched natives from the village to come with us."
"My object was to enable us to refill our water-bottles after the first night's march, for we determined to start in the cool of the evening."
"I gave out to these natives that we were going to shoot ostriches, with which the desert abounded."
"Our future was so completely unknown, and I think that the unknown and the awful always bring a man nearer to his Maker."
"If we do not find water we shall die," he said.
"The wonderful thing to us was that the pan should have lasted so long."
"This vast gulf was actually filled in with huge blocks of dressed stone, having arches pierced through them at the bottom for a waterway."
"As we were sitting there I saw Umbopa get up and hobble towards the patch of green."
"The herb is grown among them extensively; but, like the Zulus, they use it for snuff only."
"It is beautifully situated, and through the centre of the kraal, dividing it into two portions, runs a river."
"We are the richest men in the whole world," I said. "Monte Christo was a fool to us."
"Great heavens!" said I faintly, at last, "what can it be?"
"My lords are not afraid?" she said, leering up into my face.
"Nay, my lord; my lord forgets! Did he not save my life, and am I not my lord's handmaiden?"
"Say to my lord, Bougwan, that—I love him, and that I am glad to die because I know that he cannot cumber his life with such as I am."
"My friends, I see nothing for it but to bow ourselves to the will of the Almighty."
"The search for treasure has brought many to a bad end; we shall go to swell their number."
"It is easier to destroy knowledge, Ignosi, than to gather it."
"Mercifully they were to some extent mitigated by sleep, for even in such a position as ours wearied nature will sometimes assert itself."
"Putting aside the terrifying thought of our impending doom—for the bravest man on earth might well quail from such a fate as awaited us."
"Reader, you may have lain awake at night and thought the quiet oppressive, but I say with confidence that you can have no idea what a vivid, tangible thing is perfect stillness."
"Truly wealth, which men spend their lives in acquiring, is a valueless thing at the last."
"While there is life there is hope," said Sir Henry.
"We had better eat something and keep up our strength," I suggested.
"What is the good of eating?" answered Good; "the sooner we die and get it over the better."
"His is a beautiful character, very quiet, but very strong."
"I say, you fellows," he said presently, in a constrained sort of voice, "come here."
"By heaven! it's running water," said Good. "Come on."