When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears. How long that state of insensibility had lasted I cannot say. I had no means now of taking account of time. Never was solitude equal to this, never had any living being been so utterly forsaken.
Jules VerneAbout author
- Author's profession: Author, Writer
- Nationality: french
- Born: February 8, 1828
- Died: March 24, 1905
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