Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

by Jules Verne

the windows were brightened by the red streaks of the rising sun, and this dreadful day of the 2nd of June had dawned.

I love this phrase for my birthday on June 2nd

Paralysed, stiffened with anguish, my hair standing on end, with eyes wide open, panting, without breath, and without voice, I too was watching!

So vivid and it brought me right into the feelings