In honor of Joseph Conrads Birthday - this is one of my favorite passages from one of my favorite books: We were wanderers on a prehistoric earth, on an earth that wore the aspect of an unknown planet. We could have fancied ourselves the first of men taking possession of an accursed inheritance, to be subdued at the cost of profound anguish and of excessive toil. ...We could not understand because we were too far and could not remember because we were travelling in the night of first ages, of those ages that are gone, leaving hardly a sign - and no memories. ...We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form a conquered monster, but there - there you could look at a thing monstrous and free.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:29:00 +0000