Friday, 11 September 2009

eyes half shut


It is extraordinary how we go through life with
eyes half shut, with dull ears,
with dormant thoughts.
Perhaps it's just as well;
and may be that it is this very dullness that makes
life to the incalculable majority
so supportable and so welcome.
Joseph Conrad
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2 comments:

  1. Carlos Manuel Ribeiro11 September 2009 at 06:02

    Beautiful and.. very true text from Joseph Conrad! This is the true off the life..

    I liked this "eyes half shut".

    Kiss fom Portugal to you,
    CR/de

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  2. nice11 September 2009 at 09:50

    Thanks Carlos. This text is from Joseph Conrad's novel: "Lord Jim"

    Best,
    NICE

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