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There is something haunting in the light of the moon.

There is something haunting in the light of the moon.

Joseph Conrad

Halloween, Moon, Light

Joseph Conrad (1905). “Lord Jim”, p.230, McClure, Phillips & Company

Anything approaching the change that came over his features I have never seen before, and hope never to see again. Oh, I wasn't touched. I was fascinated. It was as though a veil had been rent. I saw on that ivory face the expression of sombre pride, of ruthless power, of craven terror--of an intense and hopeless despair. Did he live his life again in every detail of desire, temptation, and surrender during that supreme moment of complete knowledge? He cried in a whisper at some image, at some vision--he cried out twice, a cry that was no more than a breath: The horror! The horror!

Joseph Conrad

Struggle, Pride, Expression

Heart of Darkness ch. 3 (1902)