Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

[Multiple quotes today -- I tried to come up with something that seemed suitable for a New Year day and also related to Jules Verne (I'm not certain whether the first two came from two different works, or two different translations of the same work), and then I couldn't resist tacking on the third quotation.]

"Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real"

"Whatever one man is capable of conceiving, other men will be able to achieve"

-- Jules Verne, French science fiction author and third most translated author in the world (b. 1828-02-08, d. 1905-03-24)

"The real origin of science fiction lay in the seventeenth-century novels of exploration in fabulous lands. Therefore Jules Verne's story of travel to the moon is not science fiction because they go by rocket but because of where they go. It would be as much science fiction if they went by rubber band." -- Philip K. Dick, American science fiction author (b. 1928-12-16, d. 1982-03-02)

[And to everyone noting that today starts the Year of the Rat, happy new year!]