A 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 ConradFor a time I would feel I belonged still to a world of straightforward facts; but the feeling would not last long. Something would turn up to scare it away.
Joseph ConradHe struggled with himself, too. I saw it -- I heard it. I saw the inconceivable mystery of a soul that knew no restraint, no faith, and no fear, yet struggling blindly with itself.
Joseph ConradThe ocean has the conscienceless temper of a savage autocrat spoiled by much adulation
Joseph Conrad