Under Western Eyes

- He was as lonely in the world as a man swimming in the deep sea. The word Razumov was the mere label of a solitary individuality. There were no Razumovs belonging to him anywhere.

- Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality. [English Teacher] 

- To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

- moral discovery . . . should be the object of every tale. (Narrator. Under WE Moser 11)

- As if anything could be changed! In this world of men nothing can be changed — neither happiness nor misery.

CONRAD, JOSEPH. Delphi Complete Works of Joseph Conrad (Illustrated) (Kindle Locations 55779-55780). Delphi Classics. Kindle Edition.