Only the Greatest and the Best Quotes from Joseph Conrad



Quote : "They(women) live in a world of their own' and there has never been anything like it' and never can be."

Quote : "I could see every rib' the joints of their limbs were like knots in a rope; each had an iron collar on his neck' and all were connected together with a chain whose bights swung between them' rhythmically clinking."

Quote : "I've seen the devil of violence' and the devil of greed' and the devil of hot desire; but' by all the stars! these were strong' lusty' red-eyed devils' that swayed and drove men?men' I tell you."

Quote : "They were dying slowly?it was very clear. They were not enemies' they were not criminals' they were nothing earthly now?nothing but black shadows of disease and starvation' lying confusedly in the greenish gloom."

Quote : "Triumphant health in the general rout of constitutions is a kind of power in itself"

Quote : "By heavens! there is something after all in the world allowing one man to steal a horse while another must not look at a halter."

Quote : "representing a woman' draped and blindfolded' carrying a lighted torch. The background was sombre?almost black. The movement of the woman was stately' and the effect of the torchlight on the face was sinister. "

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