I couldn't have felt more of lonely desolation somehow, had I been rob…

Joseph Conrad
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I couldn't have felt more of lonely desolation somehow, had I been robbed of a belief or had missed my destiny in life. ✨ Joseph Conrad (1999). Heart of Darkness - Second Edition, p.121, Broadview Press
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I couldn't have felt more of lonely desolation somehow, had I been robbed of a belief or had missed my destiny in life. ✨ Joseph Conrad (1999). Heart of Darkness - Second Edition, p.121, Broadview Press

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