The Time Machine Quotes

“It's against reason," said Filby.
"What reason?" said the Time Traveller.”
― H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

“You know that great pause that comes upon things before the dusk, even the breeze stops in the trees. To me there is always an air of expectation about that evening stillness.”
― H.G. Wells , The Time Machine

“My pockets had always puzzled Weena, but at the last she had concluded that they were an eccentric kind of vase for floral decoration.”
― H. G. Wells

“No," said the old man, deep under. "I don't remember anyone winning anywhere any time. War's never a winning things, Charlie. You just lose all the time, and the one who loses last asks for terms. All I remember is a lot of losing and sadness and nothing good but the end of it. The end of it, Charles, that was a winning all to itself, having nothing to do with guns. But I don't suppose that's the kind of victory you boys mean for me to talk on.”
― Ray Bradbury

“[...] The slowest snail that ever crawled dashed by too fast for me. [...]”
― H. G. Wells, The Time Machine

“In a moment my hand was on the lever, and I had placed a month between myself and these monsters.”
― H.G. Wells

“[...] You read, I will suppose, attentively enough; but you cannot see the speaker's white, sincere face in the bright circle of the little lamp, nor hear the intonation of his voice. [...]”
― H. G. Wells, The Time Machine

“[...] My pockets had always puzzled Weena, but at the last she had concluded that they were an eccentric kind of vase for floral decoration. [...]”
― H. G. Wells, The Time Machine