Joseph Conrad

The horror! The horror! ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#the-horror #horror

Few 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 Conrad

#life

The mind of man is capable of anything. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#man #mind #apocalypse

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#apocalypse

Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#dreams

Even extreme grief may ultimately vent itself in violence--but more generally takes the form of apathy ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#depression #grief #violence

Like a flash of lightning between the clouds, we live in the flicker. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#life

Art is long and life is short, and success is very far off. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#art

There is a taint of death, a flavour of mortality in lies - which is exactly what I hate and detest in the world - what I want to forget. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#fiction #marlow #death

Resignation, not mystic, not detached, but resignation open-eyed, conscious, and informed by love, is the only one of our feelings for which it is impossible to become a sham. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#conscious #detached #feelings #impossible #informed