I do not know whether I have been a good seaman, but I know I have been a very faithful one.
Joseph ConradBeing a lady is a frightfully troublesome assignment, since it comprises mainly in managing men.
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. That — and no more, and it is everything. If I succeed, you shall find there according to your deserts: encouragement, consolation, fear, charm — all you demand; and, perhaps, also that glimpse of truth for which you have forgotten to ask.
Joseph Conrad