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Joseph Conrad Quotes

Joseph Conrad quotes

Polish Novelist, Writer December 3, 1857 – August 3, 1924

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Joseph Conrad quote: "It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great..."
It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog. Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad quote: "They had behind them, to my mind, the terrific suggestiveness..."
They had behind them, to my mind, the terrific suggestiveness of words heard in dreams, of phrases spoken in nightmares. Joseph Conrad
He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible, which is detestable. And it has a fascination, too, which goes to work upon him. The fascination of the abomination--you know. Joseph Conrad
I think it had whispered to him things about himself which he did not know, things of which he had no conception till he took counsel with this great solitude - and the whisper had proved irresistibly fascinating. It echoed loudly within him because he was hollow at the core. Joseph Conrad
Felicity, felicity - how shall I say it? - is quaffed out of a golden cup in every latitude: the flavour is with you - with you alone, and you can make it as intoxicating as you please. Joseph Conrad
He struggled with himself, too. I saw it -- I heard it. I saw the inconceivable mystery of a soul that knew no restraint, no faith, and no fear, yet struggling blindly with itself. Joseph Conrad
Light came out of this river since - you say Knights? Yes, but it is like a running blaze on a plain, like a flash of lightning in the clouds. We live in the flicker - may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! Joseph Conrad
The moon had spread over everything a thin layer of silver - over the rank grass, over the mud, upon the wall of matted vegetation standing higher than the wall of a temple, over the great river I could see through a sombre gap glittering, glittering, as it flowed broadly by without a murmur. All this was great, expectant, mute, while the man jabbered about himself. Joseph Conrad
In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of our normal sensibility. Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad quote: "Madness alone is truly terrifying, inasmuch as you cannot..."
Madness alone is truly terrifying, inasmuch as you cannot placate it by threats, persuasion, or bribes. Joseph Conrad
It is universally understood that, as if it were nothing more substantial than vapor floating in the sky, every emotion of a woman is bound to end in a shower. Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad quote: "There is death in the folds of her skirt and blood about her..."
There is death in the folds of her skirt and blood about her feet. She is for no man. Joseph Conrad
The very young have, properly speaking, no moments. It is theprivilege of early youth to live in advance of its days in all the beautifulcontinuity of hope which knows no pauses and no introspection. Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad quote: "Writing in English is like throwing mud at a wall."
Writing in English is like throwing mud at a wall. Joseph Conrad
There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery. Joseph Conrad

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