Quote by: Joseph Conrad

It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream--making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can convey the dream-sensation, that commingling of absurdity, surprise, and bewilderment in a tremor of struggling revolt, that notion of being captured by the incredible which is of the very essence of dreams...No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one's existence--that which makes its truth, its meaning--its subtle and penetrating essence. It is impossible. We live, as we dream-alone...


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Author Bio


  • NameJoseph Conrad
  • DescriptionPolish author
  • AliasesJózef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski
  • BornDecember 3, 1857
  • DiedAugust 3, 1924
  • CountryPoland; United Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist; Essayist
  • WorksThe Lagoon; The Nigger Of The 'Narcissus'; Heart Of Darkness; Lord Jim; Amy Foster; Typhoon; Nostromo; The Secret Agent; The Secret Sharer; Under Western Eyes