Friday, March 27, 2009

H o D 3-3 Quotations

“The brown current ran swiftly out of the heart of darkness toward the sea with trice the speed of our upward progress.” p 67

“You show them you have in your something that is really profitable, and then there will be no limits to the recognition of your ability he [Kurtz] would say.” p. 67

“the forerunner of change, of conquest, or trade, or massacres, of blessings” p. 67—look at the diction, the syntax, the order of the words.

“His was an impenetrable darkness.” p. 68

“I saw on that ivory face the expression of somber pride, of ruthless power, of craven terror—of an intense and hopeless despair.” p. 68

“by the cry of inconceivable triumph and of unspeakable pain.” p.76