Necessity, they say, is mother of invention, but fear, too, is not barren of ingenious suggestions.
Joseph ConradLet them think what they liked, but I didn't mean to drown myself. I meant to swim till I sank -- but that's not the same thing.
Joseph ConradIn the time of Spanish rule, and for many years afterwards, the town of Sulaco--the luxuriant beauty of the orange gardens bears witness to its antiquity--had never been commercially anything more important than a coasting port with a fairly large local trade in ox-hides and indigo.
Joseph ConradI sit down religiously every morning, I sit down for eight hours every day - and the sitting down is all.
Joseph Conrad