But his soul was mad. Being alone in the wilderness, it had looked within itself and, by heavens I tell you, it had gone mad.
Joseph ConradAll ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. All intellectual and artistic ambitions are permissible, up to and even beyond the limit of prudent sanity. They can hurt no one.
Joseph ConradIt is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth.
Joseph ConradA nickname may be the best record of a success. That's what I call putting the face of a joke upon the body of a truth.
Joseph ConradI 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 devour their infamous cookery, to gulp their unwholesome beer, to dream their insignificant and silly dreams. They trespassed upon my thoughts.
Joseph Conrad