An Outcast of the Islands Quotes

“It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.”
― Joseph Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands

“A half-naked, betel-chewing pessimist stood upon the bank of the tropical river, on the edge of the still and immense forests; a man angry, powerless, empty-handed, with a cry of bitter discontent ready on his lips; a cry that, had it come out, would have rung through the virgin solitudes of the woods as true, as great, as profound, as any philosophical shriek that ever came from the depths of an easy chair to disturb the impure wilderness of chimneys and roofs.”
― Joseph Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands

“[T]he tremendous fact of our isolation, of the loneliness impenetrable and transparent, elusive and everlasting; of the indestructible loneliness that surrounds, envelops, clothes every human soul from the cradle to the grave, and, perhaps, beyond.”
― Joseph Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands

“you whites are so great that you disdain to remember your enemies.”
― Jose Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands

“It is written that the earth belongs to those who have fair skins and hard but foolish hearts.”
― Jose Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands

“Scruples were for imbeciles. His clear duty was to make himself happy.”
― Jose Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands

“He felt soothed and happy, as if some gentle and invisible hand had removed from his soul the burden of his body.”
― Jose Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands

“he hated the white men who interfered with the manly pursuits of throat-cutting, kidnapping, slave-dealing, and fire-raising,”
― Jose Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands

“he affected great piety (as became a pilgrim), although unable to read the inspired words of the Prophet.”
― Jose Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands

“The sea, perhaps because of its saltness, roughens the outside but keeps sweet the kernel of its servants' soul.”
― Jose Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands

“La noche, sin importar cuán muda sea, nunca es totalmente silenciosa a los oídos atentos”
― Joseph Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands

“—Eres hermosa— le susurró.

Ella observó de nuevo con esa mirada que se hace con un rápido parpadeo su rostro tostado por el sol, sus anchos hombros, su porte, su figura alta, inmóvil, que estaba a sus pies. Luego sonrió. En la sombría belleza de su rostro esa sonrisa era como el primer rayo de luz en una noche de tormenta, como una flecha fugaz y clara entre nubes sombrías, anunciadora del amanecer y del trueno.”
― Joseph Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands

“Well! well! It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.”
― Joseph Conrad, AN OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDS.

“They walk the road of life, the road fenced in by their tastes, prejudices, disdains or enthusiasms, generally honest, invariably stupid, and are proud of never losing their way.”
― Jose Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands