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It is when we try to grapple with another man's intimate need that we perceive how incomprehensible, wavering, and misty are the beings that share with us the sight of the stars and the warmth of the sun.

Joseph Conrad

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Joseph Conrad
Age: 66 †
Born: 1857
Born: December 3
Died: 1924
Died: August 3
Author
Autobiographer
Essayist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Berdichev
Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski
Trying
Sun
Wavering
Men
Sight
Misty
Beings
Incomprehensible
Share
Mysticism
Stars
Warmth
Another
Intimate
Need
Perceive
Needs
Spirituality
Grapple

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