Quote by Joseph Conrad
How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter throu

How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat? – Joseph Conrad

Other quotes by Joseph Conrad

Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line. – Joseph Conrad

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They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience. – Joseph Conrad

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The sea – this truth must be confessed – has no generosity. No display of manly qualities – courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness – has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power. – Joseph Conrad

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Other Quotes from
Fear
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Realists do not fear the results of their study. – Fyodor Dostoevsky

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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts. – Otto von Bismarck

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Ive always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people. – Hugh Jackman

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Fear

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you. – Norman Vincent Peale

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I did an album a long time ago called Replicas, which was entirely science-fiction driven, or science-fantasy. Since then its been a song here, a song there. Its not really a constant theme. Ive written far more about my problems with religion, with God and all that. – Gary Numan

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