This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of mud keep still. – Joseph Conrad
History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird. – Joseph Conrad
The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness. – Joseph Conrad
Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love – and to put its trust in life. – Joseph Conrad
Theres a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. Youre left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. Its probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre. – Nancy Meyers