The ocean has the conscienceless temper of a savage autocrat spoiled by much adulation Joseph Conrad More Quotes by Joseph Conrad More Quotes From Joseph Conrad Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear. Joseph Conrad feardreamlife The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil water-way leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky--seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness. Joseph Conrad skycloudsheart Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration, losing the exact notion of sincerity, and in the end coming to despise truth itself as something too cold, too blunt for his purpose -- as, in fact, not good enough for his insistent emotion. From laughter and tears the descent is easy to sniveling and giggles. Joseph Conrad exaggeration-islaughterlying I always went my own road and on my own legs where I had a mind to go Joseph Conrad legsmy-ownmind Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end. Joseph Conrad racemenhistory The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind. Joseph Conrad crimecommunityreal There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery. Joseph Conrad halloweenmoonnight Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line. Joseph Conrad linesshouldart A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing. Joseph Conrad worksuccesslife I think it had whispered to him things about himself which he did not know, things of which he had no conception till he took counsel with this great solitude - and the whisper had proved irresistibly fascinating. It echoed loudly within him because he was hollow at the core. Joseph Conrad solitudedarknessthinking The mind of man is capable of anything. Joseph Conrad mindheartmen I had no particular desire to enlighten them, but I had some difficulty in restraining myself from laughing in their faces, so full of stupid importance. Joseph Conrad stupiddesirelaughing ... it was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice. Joseph Conrad choicesdarknessstruggle What is a novel if not a conviction of our fellow men's existence strong enough to take upon itself a form of imagined life clearer than reality and whose accumulated verisimilitude of selected episodes puts to shame the pride of documentary history. Joseph Conrad strongpridereality Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life. Joseph Conrad naturemenlife To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot. Joseph Conrad communicationanimalteacher His very existence was improbable, inexplicable, and altogether bewildering. He was an insoluble problem. It was inconceivable how he had existed, how he had succeeded in getting so far, how he had managed to remain -- why he did not instantly disappear. Joseph Conrad inexplicabledisappearproblem We live in the flicker -- may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness was here yesterday. Joseph Conrad darknessyesterdaylong A fool has more ideas than a wise man can foresee. Joseph Conrad ignorancewisemen The discovery of America was the occasion of the greatest outburst of cruelty and reckless greed known in history. Joseph Conrad greeddiscoveryamerica
