Heart of Darkness

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

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

"I wanted nothing, but I wanted it badly"

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

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

"All Europe contributed to the making of Kurtz"

"I had immense plans on that little scrap of paper"

"Exterminate all the brutes!"

"The horror! The horror!"

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

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

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

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

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

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

"I don't like work—no man does—but I like what is in the work"

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

"We live as we dream—alone"

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

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

"It is all a matter of perspective."

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

"The time was absolutely ripe."

"I was fascinated and appalled in equal measure."

"One cannot govern mankind without taking him as he is."

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

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

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

"I asked myself—what does it matter?"