I always went my own road and on my own legs where I had a mind to go — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
But his soul was mad. Being alone in the wilderness, it had looked within itself and, by heavens I tell you, it… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The mind of man is capable of anything because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“It was inconceivable how he had existed, how he had succeeded in getting so far, how he had managed to remain --… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
They had behind them, to my mind, the terrific suggestiveness of words heard in dreams, of phrases spoken in nightmares. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“. . . but in the great demoralization of the land he kept up his appearance. That's backbone.” — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“He feels it himself, and says often that he is 'preparing to leave all this; preparing to leave...' while he waves his… — Joseph Conrad 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
A writing may be lost; a lie may be written; but what the eye has seen is truth and remains in the… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
His very existence was improbable, inexplicable, and altogether bewildering. He was an insoluble problem. It was inconceivable how he had existed, how… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The mind of man is capable of anything--because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future. What… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Hang ideas! They are tramps, vagabonds, knocking at the back-door of your mind, each taking a little of your substance, each carrying… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Analytical philosophy was very interesting. It always struck me as being very interesting and full of tremendous intellectual curiosities. It is wonderful… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
I think it had whispered to him things about himself which he did not know, things of which he had no conception… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
He struggled with himself, too. I saw it -- I heard it. I saw the inconceivable mystery of a soul that knew… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“while under the unsteady hand of the statesman of Sambir the Trovatore fitfully wept, wailed, and bade good-bye to his Leonore again… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“But this is the idlest of dreams: for I did understand perfectly well at the time that the moment the breath left… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The revolutionary spirit is mighty convenient in this, that it frees one from all scruples as regards ideas. Its hard absolute optimism… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
You must squeeze out of yourself every sensation, every thought, every image, - mercilessly, without reserve and without remorse: you must search… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Being myself animated by feelings of affection toward my fellowmen, I am saddened by the modern system of advertising. Whatever evidence it… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“Do you see the story? Do you see anything? It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream--making a… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“It was the very essence of his life to be a solitary achievement, accomplished not by hermit-like withdrawal with it's silence and… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“But his soul was mad. Being alone in the wilderness, it had gone mad. I had - for my sins, I suppose… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“He did not care what the end would be, and in his lucid moments overvalued his indifference. The danger, when not seen,… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“Mr. Kurtz lacked restraint in the gratification of his various lusts, that there was something wanting in him--some small matter which, when… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“He sighed with content, with regret as well at having to part from the serenity which fostered the adventurous freedom of his… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
For a moment I had a view of a world that seemed to wear a vast and dismal aspect of disorder, while,… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“this castaway, that, like a man transplanted into another planet, was separated by an immense space from his past and by an… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“Hunters for gold or pursuers of fame, they all had gone out on that stream, bearing the sword, and often the torch, messengers of… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The good author is he who contemplates without marked joy or excessive sorrow the adventures of his soul amongst criticisms. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“A fool, what with sheer fright and fine sentiments, is always safe.” — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“The mind of man is capable of anything-because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future. What was there… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“Perhaps on some quiet night the tremor of far-off drums, sinking, swelling, a tremor vast, faint; a sound weird, appealing, suggestive and wild -… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“All that mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the forest, in the jungles, in the hearts of wild men.” — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“Thieving was not a sheer absurdity. It was a form of human industry, perverse indeed, but still an industry exercised in an industrious world;… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
