Marlow

"His very existence was improbable, inexplicable, and altogether bewildering."

"The river had seemed to lead into the very heart of darkness itself."

"I was fascinated and appalled in equal measure."

"There was no other option for him but to descend."

"It is all a matter of perspective."

"The jungle seems to engulf one's very soul."

"Promises are made to be broken in the shadow of greed."

"We live as we dream—alone"

"The conquest of the earth 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"

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

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

"There is a taint of death, a flavor of mortality in lies"

"He had come out equipped with moral ideas of some sort"

"Principles won't do. Acquisitions, clothes, pretty rags that would fly off at the first good shake"

"You can't understand. How could you?—with solid pavement under your feet"

"All Europe contributed to the making of Kurtz"

"My Intended, my station, my career, my ideas—that is what I wanted to forget"

"It is queer how out of raft of mad insinuations a man picks out just what would suit him best"

"I wanted nothing, but I wanted it badly"

"The forest seemed to draw him in by all its mysterious power"

"He had taken a high seat amongst the devils of the land"

"I think it is the knowledge of this fact that gives to us the superiority it has—there is not a single voice, not a single opinion to come to our aid"

"He was a magnificent creature of the wilderness, an ivory god"

"I find myself regarding the success of this affair with an indifference that almost amounts to insanity"

"The wilderness had patted him on the head, and behold it was like a ball—an ivory ball"

"I did not betray Mr. Kurtz—it is Mr. Kurtz who had betrayed me"

"One doesn't like to be made a fool of"

"Anything approaching the change that came over his features I have never seen before"

"We live as we dream—alone"