Off on a Comet Quotes

“Haven't I heard of men more dried up than he is, being brought all the way from Egypt in cases covered with pictures?" "You idiot!—those were mummies; they had been dead for ages.”
― Jules Verne, Off On A Comet

“Ben Zoof, whose ideas of discipline were extremely rigid, at once suggested that the colony should be put under the surveillance of the police, that the cardinal points should be placed under restraint, and that the sun should be shot for breach of discipline.”
― Jules Verne, Off On A Comet