Everything belonged to him–but that was a trifle. The thing to know was what he belonged to, how many powers of darkness claimed him for their own.
JOSEPH CONRADI slipped the book into my pocket. I assure you to leave off reading was like tearing myself away from the shelter of an old and solid friendship.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
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God is for men, and religion for women.
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In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of our normal sensibility.
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We can never cease to be ourselves.
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To be a great autocrat you must be a great barbarian.
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Give me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world.
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Perhaps life is just that- a dream and a fear.
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Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.
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I am afraid that if you want to go down into history you’ll have to do something for it.
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One must explore deep and believe the incredible to find the new particles of truth floating in an ocean of insignificance.
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Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
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You know I hate, detest, and can’t bear a lie, not because I am straighter than the rest of us, but simply because it appals me. There is a taint of death, a flavour of mortality in lies – which is exactly what I hate and detest in the world – what I want to forget.
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The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.
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Everybody had to be thoroughly understood before being accepted.
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Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don’t be afraid to follow it.
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We live as we dream – alone.
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