“The reaches opened before us and closed behind, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to bar the way… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“Be grateful that you can't comprehend the heart of darkness", he said quietly. "Therein is the quick path to madness.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The mind of man is capable of anything.” ― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness and the Congo Diary” — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“It had been a bad trip ... fast and wild in some moments, slow and dirty in others, but on balance it… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Generally in my films like 'Hearts of Darkness' or 'Picture This,' I try not to make myself a presence in the film. — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
Now, 75 years later in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“What was missing in all of them, he thought, was a recognition of Africans as people with projects—lives they were leading, aspirations… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“Whatever She may have been thought to signify, its impact upon publication was tremendous. Everyone read it, especially men; a whole generation… — H. Rider Haggard Copy Share Image
The reaches opened before us and closed behind, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to bar the way… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“The heart of darkness is to be found not on the ground where evil deeds are done, but within the great institutions… — Jovan Autonomašević Copy Share Image
I saw that on Small Business Saturday, the president went shopping at a bookstore and bought 17 books, including "The Laughing Monsters,"… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
“I found myself back in the sepulchral city resenting the sight of people hurrying through the streets to filch a little money… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“...for there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself...” — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“Blessed are the peacemakers who run to the sound of the gun, who in the heart of darkness have but one message… — José N. Harris Copy Share Image
“His copy was full of lofty echoes: Greek Tragedy; Damocle's sword; manna from heaven; the myth of Sisyphus; the last of the… — Tarun J. Tejpal Copy Share Image
The conquest of the earth... is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Truly I have looked in the very heart of darkness and refused to yield to its paralyzing influence, but in spirit I… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
“What are you doing with all these books?" I asked, stepping towards a tall stack on the floor. I ran my fingers… — Anna Carey Copy Share Image
“What the hell does it all mean anyhow? Nothing. Zero. Zilch. Nothing comes to anything. And yet, there's no shortage of idiots… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“Truly I have looked into the very heart of darkness, and refused to yield to its paralyzing influence, but in spirit I… — helen keller Copy Share Image
Joseph Conrad and Heart of Darkness loom huge in my development as a writer. I think I'm always trying to write Heart… — Sabina Murray Copy Share Image
“We live as we dream--alone....” ― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness and the Congo Diary” — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“Twain wrote in 1869 that “travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” Galton had explored extensively in the 1840s, as privileged… — Adam Rutherford Copy Share Image
