Let them think what they liked, but I didn't mean to drown … - Joseph Conrad

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Let them think what they liked, but I didn't mean to drown myself. I meant to swim till I sank — but that's not the same thing.

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despair suicide

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Joseph Conrad (3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish writer, working in England, regarded as one of the greatest novelists in the English language.

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Alternative Names: Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski • Józef Teodor Nałęcz Konrad Korzeniowski

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One can't live with one's finger everlastingly on one's pulse.

His very existence was improbable, inexplicable, and altogether bewildering. He was an insoluble problem. It was inconceivable how he had existed, how he had succeeded in getting so far, how he had managed to remain — why he did not instantly disappear.

Nations it may be have fashioned their Governments, but the Governments have paid them back in the same coin.

Let them think what they liked, but I didn't mean to drown myself. I meant to swim till I sank — but that's not the same thing. - Joseph Conrad

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