I am afraid that if you want to go down into history you'll have to do something for it.
Joseph ConradI -- I alone know how to mourn for him as he deserves.' But while we were still shaking hands, such a look of awful desolation came upon her face that I perceived she was one of those creatures that are not the playthings of Time. For her he had died only yesterday. And, by Jove! the impression was so powerful that for me, too, he seemed to have died only yesterday -- nay, this very minute. I saw her and him in the same instant of time -- his death and her sorrow -- I saw her sorrow in the very moment of his death. Do you understand? I saw them together -- I heard them together.
Joseph ConradThe artist in his calling of interpreter creates because he must. He is so much of a voice that, for him, silence is like death
Joseph ConradNo, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of oneโs existence--that which makes its truth, its meaning--its subtle and penetrating essence. It is impossible. We live, as we dream--alone.
Joseph Conrad