Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Self Quotes

“if i add that my uncle took mathematical strides of exactly three feet, and that, while walking, he firmly clenches his fists-the sign of an impetuous temperament-then you will know him well enough not to wish to spend too much time in his company”
― William Butcher, Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Self: Space and Time in the Voyages Extraordinaires