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It occurred to me that my speech or my silence, indeed any action of mine, would be a mere futility.

It occurred to me that my speech or my silence, indeed any action of mine, would be a mere futility.

Joseph Conrad
Silence, Would Be, Speech
Joseph Conrad “Heart of Darkness”, W. W. Norton & Company

The artist in his calling of interpreter creates because he must. He is so much of a voice that, for him, silence is like death

Joseph Conrad
Artist, Voice, Silence
Joseph Conrad (2014). “Notes on Life and Letters”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

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