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Quote by Joseph Conrad
It is when we try to grapple with another mans intimate need that

It is when we try to grapple with another mans intimate need that we perceive how incomprehensible, wavering, and misty are the beings that share with us the sight of the stars and the warmth of the sun. – Joseph Conrad

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I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace. – Joseph Conrad

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[T]he cherub, alas, proved to be pasted on tough gingerbread which was too hard for many to bite into. – Vladimir Nabokov, The Gift, 1963, translated from Russian by Michael Scammell

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No man is so idle that he cannot rouse himself just enough to get in the way of a busy person. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door. – Henry Ward Beecher, Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit, 1887

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