I just gave them a little scare. A touch of psychological terror. As Joseph Conrad once wrote, true terror is the kind… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
For me a Writing Day was an occasion for self-reproach and panic, a time to lament the passing of the years, stare… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Expeditions can greatly contribute towards building strength of character. Joseph Conrad in Lord Jim tells us that it is necessary for a… — Kurt Hahn 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
The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
With 'Nostromo', Joseph Conrad said that he had wanted to write a novel about the degradation of an idea. That's what we… — David Milch 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
“You branded my virginity with the Union Jack, your English accent, your Welsh heritage. I look from your face to your genitals…..You… — Zola Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Balzac, Dante, Joseph Conrad, Dickens," he answered without hesitation. "Not Exactly fashionable." "That's why I read them. If you only read the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The young man regained consciousness in the ambulance, but his mother insisted that he give no evidence to the police because, had… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
“Joseph Conrad described life as birth and death separated by struggle.” — Charles M. Sevilla Copy Share Image
If you want to know why the coast is such an inspirational place, ask Herman Melville, Jack London, Nordhoff and Hall, Robert… — John Cooper Clarke Copy Share Image
“The fascination of [Joseph Conrad’s] writing lies in a singular blending of reality with romance – he paints a world of strange… — John Galsworthy Copy Share Image
After reading Graham Greene and Joseph Conrad when I was a student at Yale, I wanted to live in the world they… — Leslie Cockburn Copy Share Image
“If circumstances should make it impossible (temporarily, I hope) for me to be a Russian writer, perhaps I shall be able, like… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
You know, I've read Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' about fifteen times. — James Balog Copy Share Image
“Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be a bunch of bastards.” -Joseph Conrad” — Colin Wright Copy Share Image
“Joseph Conrad once said that a man who is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea” — Joseph conrad Copy Share Image
“As Joseph Conrad said, we need to be taught when young to hope, to love, to put our trust in life.” — George E. Vaillant Copy Share Image
My husband was getting his sea legs-rereading Joseph Conrad with a side order of C S Forester. — Enid Nemy 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
“When another American, Francis Ford Coppola, tried to put the blood lust of that war on film, where did he turn for… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
“I don’t like work—no man does—but I like what is in the work—the chance to find yourself. —JOSEPH CONRAD” — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“Certainly the anonymous scarecrow portrait was intended to put him in his place, in much the same way as the philosopher David… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“Nobody ever got started on a career as a writer by exercising good judgment, and no one ever will, either, so the… — George V. Higgins Copy Share Image
