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Joseph Conrad Quotes

Joseph Conrad quotes

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

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The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide. Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad quote: "I saw him open his mouth wide. . . as though he had wanted to..."
I saw him open his mouth wide. . . as though he had wanted to swallow all the air, all the earth, all the men before him. Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad quote: "It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and..."
It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull. Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad quote: "There are more kinds of fools than one can guard against."
There are more kinds of fools than one can guard against. Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad quote: "the mind of man is capable of anything--because everything is..."
the mind of man is capable of anything--because everything is in it, all the past as well as the future Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad quote: "We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness"
We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad quote: "To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every..."
To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence. Joseph Conrad
I let him run on, this papier-mach Mephistopheles, and it seemed to me that if I tried I could poke my forefinger through him, and would find nothing inside but a little loose dirt, maybe. Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad quote: "She feared the unknown as we all do, and her ignorance made..."
She feared the unknown as we all do, and her ignorance made the unknown infinitely vast. Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad quote: "And after some talk we agreed that the wisdom of rats had been..."
And after some talk we agreed that the wisdom of rats had been grossly overrated, being in fact no greater than that of men. Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad quote: "Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality."
Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality. Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad quote: "We live in the flicker -- may it last as long as the old earth..."
We live in the flicker -- may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness was here yesterday. Joseph Conrad
How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat? Joseph Conrad
Perhaps on some quiet night the tremor of far-off drums, sinking, swelling, a tremor vast, faint; a sound weird, appealing, suggestive and wild - and perhaps with as profound a meaning as the sound of bells in a Christian country. Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad quote: "The value of a sentence is the personality that utters't, for..."
The value of a sentence is the personality that utters't, for nothing new can be said by any man or woman. Joseph Conrad

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