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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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The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness. – 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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People are best on records and books because you can turn them off or put them back on the shelf. – Henry Rollins

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