Typhoon

“Captain MacWhirr had sailed over the surface of the oceans assome men go skimming over the years of existence to sink gently intoa placid grave, ignorant of life to the last, without ever having beenmade to see all it may contain of perfidy, of violence, and of terror.There are on sea and land such men thus fortunate--or thus disdained bydestiny or by the sea.””

— Joseph Conrad

“Captain MacWhirr had sailed over the surface of the oceans as some men go skimming over the years of existence to sink gently into a placid grave, ignorant of life to the last, without ever having been made to see all it may contain of perfidy, of violence, and of terror. There are on sea and land such men thus fortunate”

— Joseph Conrad

“The only secret of her life was her abject terror of the time when her husband would come home to stay for good.””

— Joseph Conrad

“He was a corpulent man, with a gift for sly chaffing, which to the end of his life he exercised in his intercourse with his son, a little pityingly, as if upon a half-witted person.””

— Joseph Conrad

“Tale è la potenza disgregatrice di un uragano: essa isola l’individuo dai suoi simili. Un terremoto, una frana, una valanga soverchiano l’uomo incidentalmente, per così dire senza passione. La furia dell’uragano invece lo attacca come un nemico personale, cerca di afferrargli le membra, gli s’abbarbica alla mente, tenta di sradicare da lui perfino l’anima.””

— Joseph Conrad

“Fu qualcosa di formidabile e di subitaneo, come l'improvviso rompersi di un vaso colmo d'ira.””

— Joseph Conrad