Marlow

"We live as we dream—alone."

"The conquest of the earth is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much."

"The wilderness had caressed him, and—he had withered."

"Going up that river was like traveling back to the earliest beginnings of the world."

"All Europe contributed to the making of Kurtz."

"He had the power to charm or frighten rudimentary souls."

"The man had emerged from the wreck—emerged greatly in his unprincipled craving."

"The wilderness seemed to draw him in the bosom."

"He was hollow at the core."

"One can't depend on anybody here."

"The reaches opened before us and closed behind, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water."

"His was an impenetrable darkness."

"We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness."

"I couldn't have felt more of lonely desolation somehow."

"The mind of man is capable of anything."

"I tried to break the spell that held me down."

"There was something wanting in him—some small matter."

"The earth seemed unearthly."

"We were cut off from everything we had known."

"His station had been a success too."

"The company trades in ivory, but really in power."

"Believe me or not, his talk was like a charm."

"They were nothing but hollow phantoms."

"I saw him open his mouth wide—it gave him a weirdly voracious aspect."

"The most you can hope for is some knowledge of yourself."

"Civilization is but a thin veneer."

"In the immense distance, no living thing was visible."

"I fought with myself too—you don't know how much I fought."

"I asked myself—what does it matter?"

"A man that tries to talk jargon will never understand truth."