Quotes

I don't like work--no man does, but I like what is in the work, the chance to find yourself. ~ Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad "We live, as we dream--alone." ~ Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad In the immutability of their surroundings the foreign shores, the foreign faces, the changing immensity of life, glide past, veiled not by a sense of mystery but by a slightly disdainful ignorance; for there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself, which is the mistress of his existence and as inscrutable as Destiny. ~ Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad "The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much." ~ Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad He was obeyed, yet he inspired neither love nor fear, nor even respect. He inspired uneasiness. That was it! ~ Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad "It's so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn't it? " ~ Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery "There's such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I'm such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn't be half so interesting." ~ Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery "Marilla, isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?" ~ Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery "I'm not a bit changed--not really. I'm only just pruned down and branched out. The real ME--back here--is just the same." ~ Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery "When I left Queen's my future seemed to stretch out before me like a straight road. I thought I could see along it for many a milestone. Now there is a bend in it. I don't know what lies around the bend, but I'm going to believe that the best does. It has a fascination of its own, that bend, Marilla." ~ Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery