Everything belonged to him. It made me hold my breath in expectation of hearing the wilderness burst into prodigious peal of laughter that would shake the fixed stars in their places.
Joseph ConradFew men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings.
Joseph ConradTo have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence.
Joseph ConradYet, when one thinks of it, diplomacy without force is a but a rotten reed to lean upon.
Joseph ConradThe artist appeals to that part of our being...which is a gift and not an acquisition - and, therefore, more permanently enduring.
Joseph ConradThe moon had spread over everything a thin layer of silver - over the rank grass, over the mud, upon the wall of matted vegetation standing higher than the wall of a temple, over the great river I could see through a sombre gap glittering, glittering, as it flowed broadly by without a murmur. All this was great, expectant, mute, while the man jabbered about himself.
Joseph Conrad