For there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself, which is the mistress of his existence.
Joseph ConradThe terrorist and the policeman both come from the same basket. Revolution, legality--counter-moves in the same game; forms of idleness at bottom identical.
Joseph ConradMy task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel--it is, before all, to make you see.
Joseph Conrad