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Everything belonged to him--but that was a trifle. The thing to know was what he belonged to, how many powers of darkness claimed him for their own.

Everything belonged to him--but that was a trifle. The thing to know was what he belonged to, how many powers of darkness claimed him for their own.

Joseph Conrad
Darkness, Heart Of Darkness, Trifles
Joseph Conrad (2012). “Heart of Darkness: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.60, Penguin

I think it had whispered to him things about himself which he did not know, things of which he had no conception till he took counsel with this great solitude - and the whisper had proved irresistibly fascinating. It echoed loudly within him because he was hollow at the core.

Joseph Conrad
Thinking, Darkness, Solitude
Joseph Conrad (2015). “Heart of Darkness”, p.93, eKitap Projesi

We live in the flicker -- may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness was here yesterday.

Joseph Conrad
Yesterday, Long, Darkness
Joseph Conrad (2006). “Heart of Darkness and Other Stories”, p.13, Collector's Library

It echoed loudly within him because he was hollow at the core.

Joseph Conrad
Darkness, Core, Hollow
Joseph Conrad (2016). “Heart of Darkness”, p.63, Xist Publishing

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

Joseph Conrad
Struggle, Choices, Darkness
Joseph Conrad (2015). “The Complete Novels of Joseph Conrad - All 20 Works in One Premium Edition: Including Unforgettable Titles like Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent, Nostromo, Under Western Eyes and Many More (With Author’s Letters, Memoirs and Critical Essays)”, p.592, e-artnow

He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible, which is also detestable.

Joseph Conrad
Darkness, Fascination, Midst
Joseph Conrad “Heart of Darkness”, W. W. Norton & Company

The reaches opened before us and closed behind, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to bar the way for our return. We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness.

Joseph Conrad
Heart, Water, Darkness
Joseph Conrad (2008). “Heart of Darkness and Other Tales”, OUP Oxford

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness

Joseph Conrad
Heart, Darkness, Heart Of Darkness
Joseph Conrad (2015). “Heart of Darkness: Top 100 Classic Novels”, p.32, 谷月社

The old river in its broad reach rested unruffled at the decline of day, after ages of good service done to the race that peopled its banks, spread out in the tranquil dignity of a waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth.

Joseph Conrad
Race, Rivers, Darkness
Joseph Conrad (2015). “Heart of Darkness”, p.19, eKitap Projesi

When one has got to make correct entries, one comes to hate those savages--hate them to the death.

Joseph Conrad
Hate, Darkness, Savages
Joseph Conrad (2015). “Heart of Darkness”, p.36, eKitap Projesi

The vision seemed to enter the house with me-the stretcher, the phantom-bearers, the wild crowd of obedient worshippers, the gloom of the forests, the glitter of the reach between the murky bends, the beat of the drum, regular and muffled like the beating of a heart-the heart of a conquering darkness.

Joseph Conrad
Heart, House, Darkness
Joseph Conrad “Heart of Darkness”, W. W. Norton & Company

The dreams of men, the seed of commonwealth, the germs of empires.

Joseph Conrad
Dream, Men, Darkness

They had behind them, to my mind, the terrific suggestiveness of words heard in dreams, of phrases spoken in nightmares.

Joseph Conrad
Dream, Darkness, Mind
Joseph Conrad “Heart of Darkness”, W. W. Norton & Company

He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible, which is detestable. And it has a fascination, too, which goes to work upon him. The fascination of the abomination--you know.

Joseph Conrad
Darkness, Fascination, Midst
Joseph Conrad (2015). “Heart of Darkness”, p.22, eKitap Projesi

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