Marlow

"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."

"I don't like work—no man does—but I like what is in the work—the chance to find yourself."

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

"The mind of man is capable of anything—because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future."

"We cannot exert absolute control over our lives."

"All Europe contributed to the making of Kurtz."

"I was within a hair's breadth of the last opportunity for pronouncement."

"Droll thing life is—that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose."

"The wilderness had patted him on the head."

"I had no time. I had to mess about with white-lead and strips of woolen blanket."

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

"The worst that could happen to one here is not to know fear."

"This is the reason why I affirm that Kurtz was essentially a voice."

"I am not disclosing any trade secrets."

"The light was out of the land—it dwelt in the air."

"We were wanderers on a prehistoric earth."

"The sun rose, but from where to where?"

"Sometimes I ask myself whether these changes of mine were not the most powerful change of all."

"The brown current ran swiftly out of the heart of darkness."

"Your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others."

"I had turned to the wilderness really, not to Mr. Kurtz."

"He had the power to charm or frighten rudimentary souls into an aggravated witch-dance."

"The Company had a code of letters that would be impossible to break."

"I had no particular desire to enlighten them, but I went on to finish."

"He lived then before me; he lived as much as he had ever lived."

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

"A Voice! A voice!"

"Evil is inherent in the very fabric of the world."

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

"The essentials of this affair lay deep under the surface."