# Journey to the Center of the Earth ## Metadata * Author: [Jules Verne](https://www.amazon.comundefined) * ASIN: B00VHBILO8 * Reference: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VHBILO8 * [Kindle link](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B00VHBILO8) ## Highlights He allowed about half of it to go down the pit and catch in a hitch over a great block of lava which stood on the edge of the precipice. This done, he threw the second half after the first. Each of us could now descend by catching the two cords in one hand. When about two hundred feet below, all the explorer had to do was to let go one end and pull away at the other, when the cord would come falling at his feet. In order to go down farther, all that was necessary was to continue the same operation. — location: [1181](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B00VHBILO8&location=1181) ^ref-58150 --- "While there is life there is hope. I beg to assert, Henry, that as long as a man's heart beats, as long as a man's flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair." — location: [3604](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B00VHBILO8&location=3604) ^ref-32626 ---