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Wilderness Quotes by Joseph Conrad
- In some inland post feel the savagery, the utter savagery, had closed round him--all that mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the forest,…
- The word 'ivory' rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew…
- The interior deprives men of their senses. Here, the eerie stillness of the wilderness and the darkness of night render the men both deaf and…
- But his soul was mad. Being alone in the wilderness, it had looked within itself and, by heavens I tell you, it had gone mad.
- Everything belonged to him. It made me hold my breath in expectation of hearing the wilderness burst into prodigious peal of laughter that would shake…
More Wilderness Quotes
- I grew up in the north woods of Canada. You had to know certain things about survival. Wilderness survival courses weren't very… — Margaret Atwood
- Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit. — Edward Abbey
- The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders. — Edward Abbey
- It's not like Alaska isn't wilderness - it mostly is. But most Alaskans don't live in the wild. They live on the… — Tom Bodett
- My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for… — Elayne Boosler
- You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be… — Alan Alda
- To seek the timeless way we must first know the quality without a name. There is a central quality which is the… — Christopher Alexander
- I took four years off after 'In the Cut' because I wanted to see who I'd be without work. I even tried… — Jane Campion
- Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries. — Jimmy Carter
- Of Planets, struggling fierce towards heaven's free wilderness. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
- We need the tonic of the wilderness, to wade sometimes in the marsh where the bitten and the meadow hen lurk, and… — Henry David Thoreau
- The church that is not jealously protected by mighty intercession and sacrificial labors will before long become the abode of every evil… — Aiden Wilson Tozer