“Droll thing life is -- that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself -- that comes too late -- a crop of inextinguishable regrets.”

—  Joseph Conrad, book Heart of Darkness

Source: Heart of Darkness

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Polish-British writer 1857–1924

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