Quotes!

Quotes I’ve liked so far from Heart of Darkness:

“Their talk, however was the talk of sordid buccaneers: It was reckless without hardihood, greedy without audacity, and cruel without courage; there was not an atom for foresight or of serious intention in the whole batch of them, and they did not seem aware these things are wanted for the work of the world.” (pg. 99)

“I don’t like work-no man does-but I like what is in the work-the chance to find yourself. Your own reality-for yourself, not for others- what no other man can ever know.” (pg.97)

“There is a taint of death, a flavor of mortality in lies-which is exactly what I hate and detest in the world- what I want to forget.” (pg. 94)

“And outside, the silent wilderness surrounding this cleared speck on the earth struck me as something great and invincible, like evil or truth, waiting patiently for the passing away of this fantastic invasion.” (pg 89)

“Uneasiness. Not a definite mistrust-just uneasiness-nothing more. You have no idea how effective such a…a…faculty can be.” (pg.88)

“It had ceased to be a blank space of delightful mystery-a white patch for a boy to dream gloriously over. It had become a place of darkness.” (pg.71)

Note that most are reflective and self discoveries or confessions.
I will be posting more quotes as I find them.