I have not drawn a very rosy picture of the magician. I did not intend to do so. To the novice entering the life and promising himself ease, indolence, and wealth, I should say, Don't! -Alexander Herrmann
Who knows what true loneliness is-- not the conventional word, but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or illusion.
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nonscriptum) wrote2016-09-04 03:22 pm
under western eyes | joseph conrad
not the conventional word, but the naked terror?
To the lonely themselves it wears a mask.
The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or illusion.