Joseph Conrad Quotes

“He hated all this, and somehow he couldn't get away.”

― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

topic:hate

“the question is not how to get cured, but how to live.”

― Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim

topic:living

“It seems to me I am trying to tell you ya dream—making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can convey the dream-sensation, that commingling of absurdity, surprise, and bewilderment in a tremor of struggling revolt, that notion of...”

― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

topic:dreams

“A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale.”

― Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent

topic:equality simplicity

“Kurtz—it was ordered I should never betray him—it was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice.”

― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

topic:choice

“You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends”

― Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim

topic:judgement

“Even extreme grief may ultimately vent itself in violence—but more generally takes the form of apathy...”

― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

topic:violence grief

“His very existence was improbable, inexplicable, and altogether bewildering. He was an insoluble problem. It was inconceivable how he had existed, how he had succeeded in getting so far, how he had managed to remain—why he did not instantly...”

― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

topic:existence

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