A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer.
JOSEPH CONRADA task, any task, undertaken in an adventurous spirit acquires the merit of romance.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
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Give me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world.
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The discovery of America was the occasion of the greatest outburst of cruelty and reckless greed known in history.
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It would take too long to explain the intimate alliance of contradictions in human nature which makes love itself wear at times the desperate shape of betrayal. And perhaps there is no possible explanation.
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He struggled with himself, too. I saw it — I heard it. I saw the inconceivable mystery of a soul that knew no restraint, no faith, and no fear, yet struggling blindly with itself.
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Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.
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It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.
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Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
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God is for men, and religion for women.
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All roads are long which lead to one’s heart’s desire.
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A task, any task, undertaken in an adventurous spirit acquires the merit of romance.
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The ethical view of the universe involves us in so many cruel and absurd contradictions that I have come to suspect that the aim of creation cannot be ethical at all.
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The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.
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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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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.
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Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don’t be afraid to follow it.
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