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Source: Journey to the Center of the Earth
Author: Jules Verne
"As long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together."
As long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature endowed with a will has need to despair of life.
Context
This line is from the novel Journey to the Center of the Earth, written by Jules Verne (1864).
Journeying to the center of the Earth is a bit more dangerous than going to the mall. In Chapter 27, "Headlong speed upward through the horrors of darkness," which is what we think when walking past Hot Topic, the professor and his crew are attempting to return to the surface. Will they make it? We'd be panicking in this situation, a fate worse than being stuck in a Spencer's Gifts, but the professor is much more optimistic, and he delivers this quote in the face of certain doom.
Where you've heard it
You've heard this when a cool-headed person is facing impossible odds.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
There's something a little pretentious about pretending to stay cool under pressure, but it's probably for the best to keep calm in stressful situations.