Itโs extraordinary how we go through life with eyes half shut, with dull ears, with dormant thoughts. Perhaps itโs just as well; and it may be that it is this very dullness that makes life to the incalculable majority so supportable and so welcome.
Joseph ConradA certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale.
Joseph ConradEverything 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 Conrad