“The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.”
― Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes
― Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes
“Love wants to spare the person to whom it dedicates itself every feeling of being other, and consequently it is full of dissimulation and pretense of similarity, constantly deceiving and feigning a sameness which in reality does not exist.”
—Daybreak, §532 (excerpt).
—Daybreak, §532 (excerpt).
“No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one’s existence--that which makes its truth, its meaning--its subtle and penetrating essence. It is impossible. We live, as we dream--alone.”
― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness