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The Napoleonic Novels: The Rover & Suspense: From the Renowned Author of The Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes (Including Author’s Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays)

Book by Joseph Conrad · 4 quotes · Adulation, Appeals, Becoming

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The Napoleonic Novels: The Rover & Suspense: From the Renowned Author of The Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes (Including Author’s Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays) Quotes

“The humblest craft that floats makes its appeal to a seaman by the faithfulness of her life.”

“The ocean has the conscienceless temper of a savage autocrat spoiled by much adulation”

“In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of our normal sensibility.”

“Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration, losing the exact notion of sincerity, and in the end coming to despise truth itself as something too cold, too blunt for his purpose -- as, in fact, not good enough for his insistent emotion. From laughter and tears the descent is easy to sniveling and giggles.”