Joseph Conrad Quote

An earthquake, a landslide, an avalanche, overtake a man incidentally, as it were — without passion. A furious gale attacks him like a personal enemy, tries to grasp his limbs, fastens upon his mind, seeks to rout his very spirit out of him.


Typhoon, Chapter X (p. 77)


An earthquake, a landslide, an avalanche, overtake a man incidentally, as it were — without passion. A furious gale attacks him like a personal...

An earthquake, a landslide, an avalanche, overtake a man incidentally, as it were — without passion. A furious gale attacks him like a personal...

An earthquake, a landslide, an avalanche, overtake a man incidentally, as it were — without passion. A furious gale attacks him like a personal...

An earthquake, a landslide, an avalanche, overtake a man incidentally, as it were — without passion. A furious gale attacks him like a personal...