Heart of Darkness

"I have wrestled with death."

"A man that tries to escape from his past is a coward."

"The most you can expect is some knowledge of yourself."

"I did not see him for several days after that."

"You lost your head completely."

"The belief in a supernatural being gave him absolute power over them."

"Everything belonged to him."

"What was he? Words could not express the effect of his presence."

"I felt hollow in my chest."

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

"Exterminate all the brutes!"

"I think it is the most dangerous thing in every way one can think of."

"The fascination of the abomination—you know, imagine the growing regrets."

"An appeal to every man sits in the facts of human existence."

"The wilderness took him, loved him, embraced him."

"You can't understand a man like that unless you can understand his world."

"The horror! The horror!"

"Kurtz was a remarkable man."

"I would have liked to shoot you sometimes."

"How can you expect clarity in that kind of life?"

"The conquest of the earth is not a pretty thing."

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

"All Europe contributed to the making of Kurtz."

"I've seen the devil of violence, and the devil of greed."

"The mind of man is capable of anything."

"We live as we dream—alone."

"I would be true to the nightmare of my choice."

"The conquest of the earth is not a pretty thing."

"His need was to exist and to move onwards at the greatest possible risk."

"Restraint is a virtue that doesn't come naturally."