

“Anything approaching the change that came over his features I have never seen before, and hope never to see again. Oh, I wasn't touched. I was fascinated. It was as though a veil had been rent. I saw on that ivory face the expression of sombre pride, of ruthless power, of craven terror--of an intense and hopeless despair. Did he live his life again in every detail of desire, temptation, and surrender during that supreme moment of complete knowledge? He cried in a whisper at some image, at some vision--he cried out twice, a cry that was no more than a breath:
The horror! The horror!”
― Heart of Darkness
The horror! The horror!”
― Heart of Darkness

“But my body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires.
from “Araby”
― Dubliners
from “Araby”
― Dubliners

“War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.”
― History of the Peloponnesian War
― History of the Peloponnesian War

“Why is it that words like these seem dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?”
― The Dead
― The Dead

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