Cyrano de Bergerac Quote

I established myself in a fairly remote country house and entertained my imagination with various means of transport. Here is how I betook myself to heaven.
I attached to myself a number of bottles of dew, and the heat of the sun, which attracted it, drew me so high that I finally emerged above the highest clouds. But the sun's attraction of the dew drew me upwards so rapidly that instead of approaching the Moon, as I intended, I seemed to be farther from it than when I started. I broke open some of the bottles and felt my weight overcome the attraction and bring me back towards the earth.


The Other World (1657)


I established myself in a fairly remote country house and entertained my imagination with various means of transport. Here is how I betook myself to...

I established myself in a fairly remote country house and entertained my imagination with various means of transport. Here is how I betook myself to...

I established myself in a fairly remote country house and entertained my imagination with various means of transport. Here is how I betook myself to...

I established myself in a fairly remote country house and entertained my imagination with various means of transport. Here is how I betook myself to...