"He remembered that she was pretty, and, more, that she had a special grace in the intimacy of life. She had the secret of individuality which excites ...
Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear.
~ Joseph Conrad ~
Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear.
More Joseph Conrad quotes
"Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life.
"Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief...
"He lived then before me, he lived as much as he had ever lived---a shadow insatiable of splendid appearances, of frightful realities, a shadow darker ...
"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 toget...
"How does one kill fear I wonder? How do you shoot a spectre through the heart slash off its spectral head take it by the spectral throat?
"How does one kill fear? ... How do you shoot a specter through the heart slash off its spectral head take it by its spectral throat?
"Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of ...
"No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one’s existence--that which makes its truth, its meaning--it...
"We live as we dream--alone....
"I found myself back in the sepulchral city resenting the sight of people hurrying through the streets to filch a little money from each other, to devo...
"It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream--making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can convey the dream-sensation, that commingling...
"Droll thing life is -- that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yoursel...
"Once, I remember, we came upon a man-of-war anchored off the coast. There wasn't even a shed there, and she was shelling the bush. It appears the Fren...
"The mysteries of a universe made of drops of fire and clods of mud do not concern us in the least. The fate of humanity condemned ultimately to perish...