Joseph Conrad quotes

Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with …Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men.

Humor Women Man woman

Let them think what they liked, but I didn't mean to drown myself. I meant to swim till I sank -- …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.

I don't like work--no man does--but I like what is in the work--the chance to find yourself. Your …I don't like work--no man does--but I like what is in the work--the chance to find yourself. Your own reality--for yourself not for others--what no other man can ever know. They can only see the mere show, and never can tell what it really means.

Reality Work

No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one's …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.

Life Existence

We live as we …We live as we dream--alone

Short Loneliness Dreams

My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to …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.

Writing

It was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my …It was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice.



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