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Heart Of Darkness Quotes

“I hate being awake at three in the morning. It is the godforsaken heart of darkness when the body runs slow, and the brain runs slower, and all you want to do is sleep. But I had promises to keep, and miles to go before I could sleep. Or at least a couple of miracles to perform before I could go to bed.”

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Book:Narcissus in Chains: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel

Source: Narcissus in Chains: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel

“Everything belonged to him. It made me hold my breath in expectation of hearing the wilderness burst into prodigious peal of laughter that would shake the fixed stars in their places.”

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Book:Heart of Darkness and Other Stories

Source: Heart of Darkness and Other Stories

“The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.”

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Author:Joseph Conrad

“When I do a novel, I don't really use the script, I use the book; when I did Apocalypse Now, I used Heart of Darkness. Novels usually have so much rich material.”

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Author:Francis Ford Coppola

“When one has got to make correct entries, one comes to hate those savages--hate them to the death.”

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Book:Heart of Darkness

Source: Heart of Darkness

“The reaches opened before us and closed behind, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to bar the way for our return. We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness.”

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Book:Heart of Darkness and Other Tales

Source: Heart of Darkness and Other Tales

“The word 'ivory' rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew through it all, like a whiff from some corpse. By Jove! I've never seen anything so unreal in my life. And outside, the silent wilderness surrounding this cleared speck on the earth struck me as something great and invincible, like evil or truth, waiting patiently for the passing away of this fantastic invasion.”

Source: Heart of Darkness and Other Tales