Quotes by Conrad, Joseph

The sea -- this truth must be confessed -- has no generosity. No displ >>

Going home must be like going to render an account. >>

The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; t >>

Quotations about Wordiness

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of be >>

I dare say I am compelled, unconsciously compelled, now to write volum >>

I have made this letter a rather long one, only because I didn't have >>

I dare say I am compelled, unconsciously compelled, now to write volume after volume, as in past years I was compelled to go to sea, voyage after voyage. Leaves must follow upon each other as leagues used to follow in the days gone by, on and on to the appointed end, which, being truth itself, is one -- one for all men and for all occupations.

Conrad, Joseph