Joseph Conrad

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#consists #dealing #difficult #difficult task #men

We live as we dream--alone.... ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#loneliness #dreams

My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel--it is, before all, to make you see. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#power-of-words #writing #inspirational

Let them think what they liked, but I didn't mean to drown myself. I meant to swim till I sank -- but that's not the same thing. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#suicide #story

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#belief #capable #every #evil #men

... it was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#nightmare #struggle #choice

Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#inspirational

He 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 Conrad

#struggle #faith

The question is not how to get cured, but how to live. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#inspirational

But his soul was mad. Being alone in the wilderness, it had looked within itself and, by heavens I tell you, it had gone mad. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#the-horror #horror