Sadness flies on the wings of the morning, and out of the heart of darkness comes the light. — Jean Giraudoux Copy Share Image
“The social organization of Heart of Darkness – captured in the corporate culture of the ‘Company’ – is a metonym for modernity.… — Stephen Ross Copy Share Image
“They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force—nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
I prefer to believe the opposite - that there is always an indestructible beauty at the heart of darkness. — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
When I think of the standing, the importance and the erudition of all these people who see nothing about racism in Heart… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“(After relaying horrific stories that have been shared in popular news.) All of these stories are true. The conflict has seen acts… — Jason K. Stearns Copy Share Image
When I do a novel, I don't really use the script, I use the book; when I did Apocalypse Now, I used… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
The word 'ivory' rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“I wanted adventures. I wanted to go up the Nung river to the heart of darkness in Cambodia. I wanted to ride… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
“Trees, trees, millions of trees, massive, immense, running up high; and at their foot, hugging the bank against the stream, crept the… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“It was several decades later that I encountered that footnote, and with it my own ignorance of the Congo’s early history. Then… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
“I suppose I am talking about just that: the ambiguity of belonging to a generation distrustful of political highs, the historical irrelevancy… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
I hate being awake at three in the morning. It is the godforsaken heart of darkness when the body runs slow, and… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Storytelling gives form to the metal dialogue of the mind and in doing so, reveals our self-fiction. Memory and imagination fills part… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Weeping for Anna Karenina and being terrified by Hannibal Lecter, entering the heart of darkness with Mistah Kurtz, having Holden Caulfield ring… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Leaving New Orleans also frightened me considerably. Outside of the city limits the heart of darkness, the true wasteland begins. — John Kennedy Toole Copy Share Image
When one has got to make correct entries, one comes to hate those savages--hate them to the death. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Once, evil was simply perceived as that which man did not understand. Now however, he understands it all too well. Evil is… — The Undertaker Copy Share Image
“On 7 October 1909 E. D.Morel, head of the Congo Reform Association,wrote A. Conan Doyle, a member, that Conrad's story [Heart of… — Hunt Hawkins Copy Share Image
