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Quote by Joseph Conrad
The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil

The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil water-way leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky — seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness. – Joseph Conrad

Other quotes by Joseph Conrad

Resignation, not mystic, not detached, but resignation open-eyed, conscious, and informed by love, is the only one of our feelings for which it is impossible to become a sham. – Joseph Conrad

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Despair
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Joseph Conrad
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A mans real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love. – Joseph Conrad

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respect
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Joseph Conrad
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The weathercocks on spires and housetops were mysterious with hints of stormy wind, and pointed, like so many ghostly fingers, out to dangerous seas…. – Charles Dickens

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Weather

Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may will call it black diamonds. Every basket is power and civilization. For coal is a portable climate. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Weather

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance. – Jane Austen

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Weather

Fog is rain that whispers. – Olivia Dresher

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While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality… true art lies in a reality that is felt. – Odilon Redon

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May memory restore again and again
The smallest color of the smallest day:
Time is the school in which we learn,
Time is the fire in which we burn. – Delmore Schwartz

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Reflection

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. – Leo Buscaglia

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The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before. – G. K. Chesterton

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