Jules Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

“The sea is everything! It covers seven-tenths of the earth’s surface. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is the vast desert where man is never alone, for he feels life quivering beside him. The sea is nothing but a vehicle for a supernatural and prodigious life; it is nothing but movement and love; it is the infinite that lives, as one of its poets defined it.”

– Captain Nemo to Prof. Aronnax