“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
“Three-quarters of all the evil done in the world happens out of timidity, and this is above all a physiological phenomenon!”
—Daybreak, §538 (excerpt).
—Daybreak, §538 (excerpt).
"The night and the streets were ours and the future lay sparkling ahead. And we thought we would know each other forever."